<p>can someone explain how this works? i have to take 3 right...and do they all have to be from the same area?</p>
<p>also...any recommended easy ones?</p>
<p>im interested as well... are they just classes in other engineering majors?</p>
<p>Yes, they all have to be from the same "area." That means you if you are an MAE major and pick the EE technical breadth area, you will have to take three courses (12 units) from EE 100-187.</p>
<p>Some areas overlap with some courses required by your engineering major so they cannot be taken to satisfy your technical breadth. For example, Engineering Science has MAE 101 as an option so that means that if you choose Engineering Science and you're an MAE major, you can't take MAE 101 (and others in that area) to satisfy your technical breadth.</p>
<p>Everything is explained in the Technical</a> Breadth Summary.</p>
<p>A lot of people seem to be doing the Technology Management option. Maybe because it's easier? Maybe 'cause they want to go into management? I don't know. I do know that no one I talked to is doing ChemE or CS as their technical breadth. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>i was thinking about doing CS as mine but would the upper divs be really hard without cs 33 (since i want to take 32 as one of the courses, so 2 upperdivs?) since from everyone i heard from Nachenberg is an awesome teacher and i am taking cs 31 right now and don't really mind doing programs and stuff so far... but is cs 32 and the other courses a lot lot harder than rohr's 31 class?</p>
<p>The easiest ones I've heard are the engineering management and civil engineering. I stayed within my own department(MAE) for the TB, which I don't really recommend...</p>
<p>I thought the point of the technical breadth was to force you to take courses out of your department. No?</p>
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<p>It should be noted that courses in a Technical Breadth area cannot be used to satisfy other requirements in a student’s major. **Students must satisfy a TBA outside their major's department.* As part of the TBA, a student may choose to take one cross-listed course that is cross-listed between the student's department and other departments as long as that cross-listed course is approved for the TBA AND the student is not using the cross-listed course to satisfy other requirements in the student's major. SEE PAGE 2 OF THIS DOCUMENT FOR A SUMMARY OF THE RESTRICTIONS.
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<p>Well what I did qualified as the engineering science option. MAE students have to take EE 100 and Material science 104, so I used those 2 courses for engineering science and just took one more course from the engineering science list to finish the TB. To make up for the two courses I used, I had to take 2 additional MAE electives on top of the ones required.</p>
<p>I see. I didn't know they MAE had that option.</p>
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<p>Every engineering major has that option, though I don't know of any majors outside of the Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or Civil Engineering which require cross department courses in their curriculums. </p>
<p>The only requirement though, are to follow restrictions on the website. You can't take MAE 105A and take a thermo class in ChE. If following this route, there are many interesting courses you probably want to take within your department .. but I suggest selecting a new field to learn more outside. You can use your major electives for more courses in your major.</p>
<p>Technology Management is popular because half the people are interested in consulting, entrepreneurship, or startups in the future. The other half take the class because they think it is easy ... there is nothing harder than case studies, reading the book, and the homework load is much less than in regular engineering courses. The margin of error to get an A is small, so you can't screw up in the ENGR series. So getting good grades is not much different than taking any other breadth course .... you just feel that the workload is less heavy. Everyone who take this series will be more aware of the financial terms and current events, and this is rewarding.</p>
<p>Materials Science and Engineering is another field many go to. Civil Engineering is another popular choice, but course selection is very limited for MAE students.</p>
<p>In all, find something you're interested in .... if you look for easy courses and learn nothing, then you're wasting your undergrad to learn nothing interesting.</p>
<p>wow this is turning out to be a hard choice for me then lol im in civil so civil as my tba is out... im taking mat sci 104 right now and don't really like the material that much (what happens when you put force on a material? it breaks OMG)... so i can either go with a couple of easy class with engr series or go with cs (which im kinda interested in but didn't think i can survive the courseload as a comp sci major, too late anyway :D) but i still don't have a clue how hard the classes for cs is gonna be :(</p>
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<p>Wait, I think you misunderstood me. I meant that I didn't know that MAE had the option to use MSE 104 and EE 100 to satisfy their TBA and take two replacement courses. I haven't seen that kind of option available for other engineering majors so not every engineering has that option.</p>
<p>Yes, you are correct that only a few majors offer that option. They are Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, and Materials.</p>
<p>Materials Engineering have the most flexible option -- they require EE 110/MAE 105A/CEE108 in their curriculum, so they are able to replace all three courses if selecting the Engineering Science breadth.</p>
<p>It is not possible for BioE, ChE, CS, CSE, or EE though.</p>