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Humanity and Social Science Electives

Students are required to satisfactorily complete at least six H/SS elective courses, for a total of 18 units.

H/SS electives must be on the approved list available online:

http://www.engr.pitt.edu/students/electives.html

Depth Requirement

Must complete two or more courses (only one of which can be an introductory course designated by

an asterisk [*]) from one of the departments or programs within the School of Arts and Sciences.

Example: ECON 0100* - Introduction to Microeconomic Theory

Writing Requirement

All Swanson School of Engineering students must also complete a least one “W” –designated course

in which the “W” indicates that a course has a substantial writing component, as approved by the

School of Arts and Sciences. This requirement may alternatively be satisfied by completing ENGCMP

0400: Written Professional Communication for the Communication Skills Elective (see below).

Communication Skills Elective

To satisfy the Communication Skills Elective requirement, students must satisfactorily complete one of the

following courses:

COMMRC 0500: Argument

COMMRC 0520: Public Speaking

Examples: ENGR 0020: Probability and Statistics for Engineers

or IE 1040: Engineering Economic Analysis

It does not have to be an upper-level course. For students pursuing a minor from another department, one of the

courses required for the minor can be used to fulfill this requirement.

Technical Electives

Technical electives are usually not offered during the Summer Term. Co-op students can earn three units for a

written technical report on their co-op experience, which may be substituted for one of the technical electives.

Students in the mechanical engineering program are required to satisfactorily complete four technical electives,

for a total of twelve units. At least one of the four must be a Dynamic Systems Technical Elective. Students in the