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These courses may be counted toward the Department's 15 unit Technical Elective Requirement. Of these 15 units, 9 are required to be Mechanical Engineering-Sponsored Upper Division.

In addition to this list, students may use up to 3 total units of graded research (MECHENG H194 or MECHENG 196) or may also consider petitioning Graduate Level (200+) MECHENG technical courses to count.  If you would like to take a technical course outside of this list, please submit a Yellow Petition to your ESS advisor. Please contact ESS for a Yellow Petition template.

If ever you hope to earn credit for an ME course not on this list OR for a course taken elsewhere (be it outside our department, another UC, a community college or other four-year university, or as part of a study abroad program), you should petition for equivalency before you take the course as we do not guarantee approval of any equivalency request.

JOINT MAJORS: Please consult the Undergraduate Student Affairs Officer in 6193 Etcheverry Hall before considering to take courses outside of the department to fulfill technical elective requirements. You need prior written permission to do so and permission is not guaranteed.

For course descriptions, visit the Undergraduate Course Catalog at https://undergraduate.catalog.berkeley.edu/courses.

Biomechanics

  • MECENG C115 / BIOENG C112 - Molecular Cell Biomechanics
  • MECENG C117 / BIOENG C117 - Structural Aspects of Biomaterials
  • MECENG 118 - Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
  • MECENG 119 - Introduction to MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems)
  • MECENG 120 - Computational Biomechanics Across Multiple Scales
  • MECENG C166 - Introduction to Compressible Flow
  • MECENG C176 / BIOENG C119 - Orthopedic Biomechanics
  • MECENG C178/ BIOENG C137 - Designing for the Human Body
  • MECENG 185 - Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
  • CHMENG 170A - Biochemical Engineering
  • CHMENG 170B - Biochemical Engineering
  • CHMENG C170L - Biochemical Engineering Laboratory
  • ELENG C145B - Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
  • INTEGBI 131 - General Human Anatomy
  • INTEGBI 132 - Survey of Human Physiology