Humanitarian Engineering Minor

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Humanitarian engineering, also known as “development engineering” and “global engineering” is the application of engineering principles to meet basic needs of mankind, with preference toward the poor and marginalized.

The program prepares students to engage with and integrate the technical and non-technical aspects of humanitarian engineering. Technical aspects of humanitarian engineering often involve developing sustainable access to water, food, shelter, energy, and healthcare in a manner that is attuned to the needs, desires, and capabilities of the individuals or communities they serve. Non-technical aspects of humanitarian engineering include subjects such as global development, community engagement, ethics, foreign language, and sustainability, among other topics.

Requirements

In order to earn a minor in humanitarian engineering, students must complete 30 credits with a grade point average of 2.00, including:

Humanitarian Engineering course

SCENG 3030 - Humanitarian Engineering 5 credit hours

Ethical Reasoning Course

Choose one:

UCOR 2900 - Ethical Reasoning 5 credit hours
UCOR 2910 - Ethical Reasoning Business 5 credit hours
UCOR 2920 - Ethical Reasoning Health Care 5 credit hours

Technical Depth Electives (15)

Choose at least fifteen credits from courses approved as Humanitarian Engineering minor technical depth electives:

CEEGR 3110 - Surveying and Geomatics 5 credit hours
CEEGR 3350 - Applied Hydraulics 4 credit hours
CEEGR 3420 - Environmental Engineering Chemistry 4 credit hours
CEEGR 3860 - Sustainable Engineering 3 credit hours
CEEGR 4730 - Principles of Environmental Engineering 5 credit hours
CEEGR 4740 - Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering 4 credit hours
ECEGR 3110 - Electrical Circuits II 5 credit hours
ECEGR 3500 - Electrical Energy Systems 5 credit hours
ECEGR 4510 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion 4 credit hours
ECEGR 4530 - Renewable Energy Systems 4 credit hours
ECEGR 4540 - Off-Grid Electrical Systems 4 credit hours
ECEGR 4640 - Internet of Things 4 credit hours
ECEGR 4750 - Machine Learning I: Optimization, Prediction, and Pattern Recognition in Complex Systems 5 credit hours
ENSC 3800 - Aerial Imaging and Mapping 5 credit hours
ENSC 3860 - Sustainable Engineering 3 credit hours
ENSC 4730 - Principles of Environmental Engineering 5 credit hours
ENSC 3500 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 5 credit hours
MEGR 3210 - Thermodynamics 4 credit hours
MEGR 3230 - Fluid Dynamics 4 credit hours
MEGR 3240 - Heat Transfer 4 credit hours
MEGR 3360 - Instrumentation and Data Acquisition 1 4 credit hours
MEGR 3370 - Instrumentation and Data Acquisition 2 4 credit hours
MEGR 4210 - Thermodynamics II 4 credit hours
Additional courses including undergraduate research and independent study with approval of director

Non-Technical Breadth Elective (5)

Choose five credits from courses approved as Humanitarian Engineering non-technical breadth electives. Note that only specific sections of UCOR 1400 (for example Poverty Past and Present), 1600, 3400, and 3600 are approved:

ANSO 2000 - Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology 5 credit hours
ANSO 3010 - Political Economy and Intersectional Justice 5 credit hours
ANTH 2120 - Cultural Anthropology 5 credit hours
ANTH 3430 - Anthropology of Human Rights 5 credit hours
CISS 1200 - Poverty in the United States 5 credit hours
CISS 2110 - Economics of Wealth and Inequality 5 credit hours
CISS 2500 - Global Poverty 5 credit hours
EVST 1600 - Sustainability, People, and the Environment 5 credit hours
EVST 4740 - International Environmental Governance 5 credit hours
EVST 4840 - Environmental Justice 5 credit hours
FREN 1150 - French Language I 5 credit hours
HIST 3510 - Environmental History 5 credit hours
HIST 3560 - History of the Modern Middle East 5 credit hours
HIST 3630 - African History: 1800 to the Present 5 credit hours
HIST 3710 - Modern Latin America 5 credit hours
HIST 3720 - History of Mexico 5 credit hours
HIST 3730 - History of Cuba 5 credit hours
HIST 3750 - History of the Caribbean 5 credit hours
HIST 3860 - History of Southeast Asia 5 credit hours
INST 2000 - Global Cultural Citizenship 5 credit hours
INST 2100 - World Geography 5 Credit Hours
PLSC 2500 - Introduction to Political Theory 5 credit hours
PLSC 3370 - Politics of Development 5 credit hours
PLSC 3380 - The Political Economy of Africa 5 credit hours
PLSC 3650 - East Asian Security 5 credit hours
PLSC 3680 - World Economic Order & Justice 5 credit hours
PLSC 3690 - Global Conflict and Cooperation 5 credit hours
PLSC 4360 - Transitional Justice: How Societies Reckon with Past Wrongs 5 credit hours
PLSC 4650 - East Asian Political Economy 5 credit hours
PUBA 2020 - Power, Participation, and Social Change 5 credit hours
PUBA 3740 - Urban Transportation Systems 5 credit hours
PUBA 3800 - Community Development 5 credit hours
SOCL 3310 - Sociology of Greed 5 credit hours
SPAN 1150 - Spanish Language I 5 credit hours
SPAN 3500 - History, Politics, and Society in Latin America 5 credit hours
UCOR 1400 - Poverty Past and Present
UCOR 1400 - Women’s Rights as Human Rights
UCOR 1400 - Human Rights in Latin America
UCOR 1600 - Economic Inequality
UCOR 1600 - Borders and Boundaries
UCOR 1600 - Reconciliation after Conflict
UCOR 1600 - Cross-cultural Perspectives
UCOR 1600 - Crossing Borders
UCOR 1600 - Nature and Culture
UCOR 1600 - Central America Conflict and Revolution
UCOR 1600 - So You Want to Help
UCOR 3400 - Africa’s Triple Heritage
UCOR 3400 - Contemporary South Asia
UCOR 3600 - Global Poverty
UCOR 3600 - Global Economic Challenges
UCOR 3600 - Gender and Development
UCOR 3600 - Development and Democracy
UCOR 3600 - Sustainability and Culture
UCOR 3600 - Sustainability in Nicaragua
UCOR 3600 - African Voices in Global World
UCOR 3600 - Global Health Awareness/Advocacy
UCOR 3600 - Nursing in Guatemala
UCOR 3600 - Theories of Global Justice
UCOR 3600 - Women and Children
Additional courses with approval of director

NOTES

See policy for Undergraduate Minors (84-1 ) for more information.