Non-major related science courses as an engineering major

ucbalumnus
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:13:55 +0000

As an example, the mechanical engineering degree program at the University of Florida has 3 credits of science elective (PHY 3101, intro to modern physics, is an allowed choice) and 9 credits (3 courses) of technical elective (listed in http://www.mae.ufl.edu/PDFs/ME-Curriculum.pdf , but it does not look like the physics courses you are interested in are in the list of allowed technical electives).

However, for some odd reason, it lists 9 semesters, but one of the semesters is listed with only 9 credits instead of the usual 15. A motivated student averaging slightly more credits, and/or fulfilling some introductory courses with AP credit, should be able to graduate in 8 semesters.