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College of Engineering—Additional Interdisciplinary Opportunities

Minor in Environmental Engineering
Minor in International Studies
Minor in Materials Engineering

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In addition to the programs in Engineering Management (see the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering section) and Engineering Physics (see the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering section), the College of Engineering offers the following interdisciplinary minors:

• Minor in Environmental Engineering
• Minor in International Studies
• Minor in Materials Engineering

Minor in Environmental Engineering

Growth in the world’s population continues to put increasing pressure on resources. Demands in the areas of food, energy, services, and technology also place demands on those resources. The Second Law of Thermodynamics points out that all processes involving heat and useful work exchange energy with the environment. Environmental Engineering is involved, in part, with the cleanliness of that exchange. It involves the study of clean air, clean water, preservation of resources, and waste management in ways that minimize effects detrimental to the earth’s environment. The College of Engineering offers a minor area of study in Environmental Engineering that crosses disciplinary boundaries among engineering specialists and engineering departments. Students interested in the Minor in Environmental Engineering should contact Professor Krishna Reddy in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at kreddy@uic.edu.

For the minor, 15–19 semester hours are required, excluding prerequisite courses. Students who wish to minor in Environmental Engineering must complete the following courses:

Prerequisite Courses—
Environmental Engineering Minor	Hours
MATH 180—Calculus I	5
MATH 181—Calculus II	5
MATH 210—Calculus III	3
MATH 220—Introduction to Differential Equations	3
PHYS 141—General Physics I (Mechanics)	4
One of the following courses:	3
CS 101—Introduction to Computing (3)
CS 108—Fortran Programming for Engineers (3)
CME 201—Statics	3
One of the following courses:	3–5
CHEM 112—General Chemistry I (5)
CHEM 116—Honors General Chemistry I (5)
CHE 201—Introduction to Thermodynamics (3)
ME 205—Introduction to Thermodynamics (3)
Total Hours—Prerequisite Courses for	29–31
Environmental Engineering Minor
Required Coursesa —
Environmental Engineering Minor	Hours
Three courses from the following list:	9–12
CHE 210—Material and Energy Balances (4)
CHE 301—Chemical Engineering     Thermodynamics (3)
CHE 321—Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)
CME 215—Hydraulics and Hydrology (3)
CS 108—Fortran Programming for Engineers (3)
ME 325—Intermediate Thermodynamics (3)
ME 211—Fluid Mechanics (4)
OR
CHE 311—Transport Phenomena I (3)
CHE 312—Transport Phenomena II (3)
OR
ME 321—Heat Transfer (4)
One of the following courses:	3–4
CHE 421—Combustion Engineering (3)
ME 426—Applied Combustion (3)
ME 429—Internal Combustion Engines (3)
ME/CHE 450—Air Pollution Engineering (4)
One of the following courses:	3
CHE 413—Introduction to Flow in Porous Media (3)
CME 494—Special Topics in Civil Engineering,
Mechanics, and Materials (when topic is Treatment
of Wastewater) (3)
ME 318—Fluid Mechanics II (3)
Total Hours—Required Courses for
Environmental Engineering Minor	15–19

^a At least two courses must be outside the student’s department.

Minor in International Studies

The scope of operations for many engineering companies is becoming more international each year. These companies are placing a percentage of their engineers outside the United States. In order to be prepared for living and working in a different culture, the College of Engineering offers the International Studies Minor, a cluster of courses related to a specific country outside of the United States.

The International Studies Minor consists of the following requirements:

• 18–21 semester hours of credit in foreign language and cultural studies courses related to a foreign country or geographical area of the world outside of the U.S. It is recommended that a majority of credit hours should be in nonlanguage courses.
• Minimum grade point average of 2.00/4.00.
• An academic or technical/industrial experience outside the U.S. that is supported by documentation.

Engineering students interested in completing the International Studies Minor should consult the associate dean of undergraduate administration in the College of Engineering in 102 SEO.

Minor in Materials Engineering

Materials selection is a part of most areas of engineering. As technology advances and the envelope of new achievement is enlarged, many demands are placed on materials for operating under more extreme conditions. Higher temperature tolerance, higher strength, lower weight, reduced corrosion susceptibility, and better compatibility with other materials and fluids become important considerations. Materials engineering involves the understanding and characterization of materials for such considerations, and the College of Engineering offers it as a minor area of study crossing disciplinary boundaries in engineering and basic science. Students interested in the Minor in Materials Engineering should contact Professor Michael McNallan in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at mcnallan@uic.edu.

For the minor, 14–19 semester hours are required, excluding prerequisite courses. Students who wish to minor in Materials Engineering must complete the following:

Prerequisite Courses—
Materials Engineering Minor	Hours
MATH 180—Calculus I	5
MATH 181—Calculus II	5
PHYS 141—General Physics I (Mechanics)	4
One of the following courses:	5
CHEM 112—General Chemistry I (5)
CHEM 116—Honors General Chemistry I (5)
Total Hours—Prerequisite Courses for
Materials Engineering Minor	19
Required Coursesa —
Materials Engineering Minor	Hours
One of the following courses:	2–3
CME 260—Properties of Materials (3)
CME 261—Materials for Manufacturing (2)
Four courses from the following:	12–16
BIOE 460—Materials in Bioengineering (3)
CHE 440—Non-Newtonian Fluids (3)
CHE 494—Selected Topics in Chemical Engineering
(when topic is Design of Microelectronics     Processing) (1–4)
CME 433—Fracture Mechanics and Failure     Analysis I (3)
CME 460—Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction (4)
CME 470—Physical and Mechanical Properties of
Materials (4)
CME 471—Thermodynamics of Materials (3)
CME 480—Welding Metallurgy (4)
EAES 424—X-Ray Crystallography (4)
ECE 346—Solid State Device Theory (4)
ECE 347—Integrated Circuit Engineering (3)
ECE 449—Microdevices and Micromachining
Technology (4)
ME 380—Manufacturing Process Principles (3)
PHYS 481—Modern Experimental Physics I (4)
Total Hours—Required Courses for Minor
in Materials Engineering	14–19

^a Some of these courses have prerequisites not included in the minor. Consult the Course Descriptions in the catalog or the Schedule of Classes for course prerequisites.