• The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (BSET) degree requires at least 120 credit hours.
  • 36 of those credit hours must be taken at the 300 level or higher with 6 credit hours taken at the 400 level. 
  • 12 of the last 18 hours must be completed at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
  • No more than 60 credit hours from a 2-year college can be applied toward a UAH degree.
  • All Engineering Technology (ET) courses and prerequisite courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-. 

Charger Foundations (General Education Requirements) 

Area I: Freshman Composition3-6
COLLEGE WRITING I
COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO
COLLEGE WRITING II
ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING
HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR
Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts*12
Fine Arts3
ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL
ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN
ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART
DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS
THEATRE APPRECIATION
INTRO TO FILM STUDIES
INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE
Literature3-6
READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE I
READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
LITERATURE WITHOUT BORDERS
MYTHOLOGY
PROTEST LITERATURE
HEROES &/OR MONSTERS
LOVE &/OR ROMANCE
SPECULATIVE REALITIES
Humanities and Fine Arts3-6
Intro to Rhetorical Communication
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN
INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH
INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC
INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH
INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN
INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE
INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN
INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC
TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES
INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS
ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL
ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN
ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART
DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS
THEATRE APPRECIATION
INTRO TO FILM STUDIES
INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE
Area III: Mathematics and Sciences11-12
Mathematics3-4
NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS
FINITE MATHEMATICS
PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA
PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY
PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG
MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS
CALCULUS A
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Natural Sciences (Lab)8
SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY
EXPLORING THE COSMOS I
EXPLORING THE COSMOS II
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
and LABORATORY
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB
HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I
INTRO TO CHEMISTRY
and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I
GENERAL CHEMISTRY II
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II
GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY
and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB
CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS I
GENERAL PHYSICS II
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I
and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II
and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS III
and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III
Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences*12
History3-6
WORLD HISTORY TO 1500
WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500
UNITED STATES TO 1877
UNITED STATES SINCE 1877
Social and Behavioral Sciences6-9
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY

*Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV). Take no more than six hours in a single discipline in Area II or Area IV.

Area V: Pre Professional Requirements 

FYE 101SCHARGER SUCCESS - SCIENCE1
MA 171CALCULUS A or higher4
EGR 101INTRO COMPUTING ENGINEERS Or equivalent (Python preferred)3
MSC 287BUSINESS STATISTICS I3
PH 101GENERAL PHYSICS I Or PH 111/113 and PH 112/1144
GENERAL PHYSICS I LAB
PH 102GENERAL PHYSICS II4
GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II
Total Semester Hours19

Area VI: Engineering Technology Requirements

ET 301ENGINEERING TECH FNDNS I3
ET 302ENGINEERING TECH FNDNS II3
ET 305ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION3
ET 310COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN3
ET 314QUALITY CONTROL TECHNIQUES3
ET 334PRINCIPLES OF STATICS3
ET 335STRENGTH OF MATERIALS3
ET 336PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS3
ET 341ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS & SYSTEMS3
ET 431FUNDAMENTALS OF MANUFACTURING3
ET 433INSTRUMENTATION & MEASUREMENT3
ET 434INSTRUMENT & MEASUREMENT LAB1
ET 498PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR ET3
ET 499CAPSTONE FOR ENGINEERING TECH3
Total Semester Hours40

 Engineering Technology ET Electives (count towards the General Electives)

ET 395SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY3
ET 495INTERNSHIP FOR ENG TECHNOLOGY3

General Elective Courses (Total of 23-32 hours) - Up to 32 hours of technical credit may be accepted as electives.

Total Degree Requirements 120