Design & Technical Electives
The BE curriculum requires nine (9) hours of engineering design electives.
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An elective is any college class, does not have to be taken at LSU, and the technical elective is any course that covers technical content - most commonly found in science, math, engineering, agriculture, or ocean and coastal sciences.
Common Technical Electives
The BE curriculum requires three (3) hours of a technical elective. Here is a list of some commonly taken electives:
| Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force ROTC | ||
| AGRO | 1001 | Plants and People |
| BE | 3989 | Special Projects in Biological Engineering |
| BIOL | 2153 | Principles of Genetics |
| CHEM | 2262 | Organic Chemistry |
| CSC | 1253 | Computer Science I with C++ |
| ENVS | 1126 | Introduction to Environmental Science |
| EVEG | 3200 | Water Resources Engineering |
| GEOL | 1001 | General Geology: Physical |
| GEOL | 1066 | Dinosaurs, Catastrophes, and Extinctions |
| ISDS | 2000 | Introduction to Business Statistics |
| KIN | 2500 | Human Anatomy |
| KIN | 2501 | History and Philosophy of Kinesiology |
| OCS | 1005 | Introduction to Oceanography |
| PETE | 2031 | Reservoir Rock Properties |
| PHYS | 2108 | Introductory Physics Laboratory |
| PHYS | 2109 | General Physics Laboratory |
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