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Academic Divisions for General Education

WSU Tech courses approved for general education credit by the WSU College of Engineering are shown below.

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 120 Composition II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • SPH 101 Public Speaking
  • SPH 111 Interpersonal Comm

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MTH 107 Contemp Math w/Coreq
  • MTH 108 Contemporary Math
  • MTH 110 College Algebra w/Coreq
  • MTH 111 College Algebra w/Rev
  • MTH 112 College Algebra
  • MTH 113 Trigonometry
  • MTH 115 Pre-Calculus Math
  • MTH 119 Elem Statistics w/Coreq
  • MTH 120 Elementary Statistics
  • MTH 125 Calculus I

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BIO 110 Principles of Biology (L)
  • BIO 130 Biology I (L)
  • BIO 135 Biology II (L)
  • BIO 145 Human Anat & Phys I and BIO 146 Hmn Anat & Phys II (L)
  • BIO 150 Human Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • BIO 160 Microbiology (L)
  • CHM 110 General Chemistry (L)
  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)
  • PHS 110 Physical Science (L)
  • PHS 115 Introductory Astronomy (L)
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)
  • PHS 125 General Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • CRJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 110 Criminal Law
  • CRJ 155 Policing Diverse Cultures
  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • ECO 110 Princ of Microeconomics
  • ENT 110 Intro to Entrepreneurship
  • GEO 101 Principles of Geography
  • POL 101 American Government
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 110 Child Psychology
  • PSY 120 Developmental Psych
  • SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
  • SOC 115 Social Problems

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • ALH 121 Lgl/Ethcl Issues/Hlthcr
  • ART 100 Art Appreciation
  • ENG 110 Introduction to Literature
  • FOL 101 Spanish I
  • FOL 110 Spanish II
  • HIS 110 U S History to 1877
  • HIS 120 U S History since 1865
  • HIS 130 World History I
  • MGT 111 Business Ethics
  • PHL 110 Ethics
  • PHL 115 Logic
  • REL 101 New Testament
  • REL 130 World Religions
  • MUS 110 Music Appreciation
  • THR 100 Theatre Appreciation

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BIO 120 Environmental Biology
  • CED 115 Comp Applications (L)
  • CED 120 Advanced Computer App
  • MTH 150 Calculus II

Program-Specific Requirements

Engineering Majors

  • Aerospace Engineering (AE)
  • Cybersecurity (CB)
  • Biomedical Engineering (BME)
  • Computer Engineering (CE)
  • Computer Science (CS)
  • Electrical Engineering (EE)
  • Industrial Engineering (IE)
  • Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering (PDME)
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  • Applied Engineering (APEN)

Applied Engineering Concentrations:

  • Engineering Management (EM)
  • Process Automation (PA)
  • Sustainable and Environmental Engineering (SE)

MATH & NATURAL SCIENCES Required for all College of Engineering majors.

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L) (except APEN-PA concentration, CB, CE, CS)
  • MTH 125 Calculus I ( except CB)
  • MTH 150 Calculus II (except CB)

Other Courses by Major

Aerospace Engineering - AE

  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics

Applied Engineering - APEN

  • ACC 160 Principles of Accounting I and ACC 170 Princ of Accounting II (EM only)
  • BIO 120 Environmental Biology
  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • MTH 120 Elementary Statistics or MTH 119 Elem Statistics w/Coreq

Biomedical Engineering - BME

  • BIO 130 Biology I (L)
  • BIO 150 Human Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)

Computer Engineering - CE

  • CLD 121 Object-Oriented Prog or CLD 129 Programming Fndtns or CLD 137 C# Programming Lang

Computer Science - CS

  • CLD 121 Object-Oriented Prog or CLD 129 Programming Fndtns or CLD 137 C# Programming Lang
  • PHL 115 Logic

Cybersecurity - CB

  • CLD 122 Intro to Web Development
  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • INF 112 Network Essentials or INF 115 Network+ Part I
  • INF 116 Network+ Part II
  • INF 120 Security+
  • INF 160 Server Security
  • INF 167 Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
  • INF 175 Information Tech Internship
  • MTH 113 Trigonometry
  • MTH 120 Elementary Statistics or MTH 119 Elem Statistics w/Coreq
  • PHL 115 Logic
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)
  • PSY 101 General Psychology

Electrical Engineering - EE

  • CLD 121 Object-Oriented Prog or CLD 129 Programming Fndtns or CLD 137 C# Programming Lang

Industrial Engineering - IE

  • CLD 121 Object-Oriented Prog or CLD 129 Programming Fndtns or CLD 137 C# Programming Lang

Mechanical Engineering - ME

Major courses at WSU

Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering - PDME

Major courses at WSU

Courses that Fulfill General Education & Program Requirements

Certain general education courses are also used as program requirements in the WSU College of Engineering. These

courses can be applied to the programs through transfer credits. WSU strongly recommends that students looking at these programs take the following courses to fulfill both General Education and program requirements simultaneously.

Aerospace Engineering - AE

  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics

Applied Engineering - APEN

  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics

Biomedical Engineering - BME

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)

Cybersecurity - CB

  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • PHL 115 Logic
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)

Electrical Engineering - EE

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)

Industrial Engineering - IE

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)

Mechanical Engineering - ME

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)
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