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Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement for Undergraduate Engineering Students
To earn a bachelor’s degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, students must complete the School’s humanities and social sciences requirement:
1. Minimum units: at least 18 units of humanities and social sciences courses must be completed with passing grades. Humanities and social science courses may be taken for pass/fail credit, provided they are not transfer courses.
2. Breadth: at least 6 units of the 18 must be in the humanities, and at least 6 units must be in the social sciences.
3. Upper-level: at least 3 units of the 18 units completed must be from one or more courses numbered 300 or higher.
The School categorizes Washington University courses as being “humanities” or “social sciences” using the College of Arts & Sciences course classification system. Courses that are labeled “TH” (Textual and Historical Studies) or “LA” (Language and the Arts) satisfy the School’s humanities requirement. Courses that are labeled “SS” (Social Science) satisfy the School’s social science requirement.
Washington University Arts & Sciences courses labeled “NS” (Natural Sciences and Mathematics), and courses not classified as SS, TH, or LA, do not count toward the School’s humanities and social sciences requirement.
Washington University College of Art courses coded as “F10” and “F20” courses will count toward the School’s humanities requirement.
The Engineering Curriculum Committee must pre-approve all other courses on campus before they are allowed to count toward the School’s humanities or social sciences requirement. Students may obtain pre-approval request forms from Engineering Student Services, Lopata Hall, Room 303. Or students can download the form here.
The information below lists the courses from other divisions on campus that have already been reviewed and approved.
Washington University School of Architecture courses that have been approved to count toward the School’s humanities requirement are: A46 112, A46 112A, A46 209, A46 211A, A46 3283, A46 3284, A46 333, A55 227. These courses will count for humanities credit if they are completed prior to June 2009, and they will be evaluated in the near future to determine if they will be allowed to count toward the humanities requirement after June 2009.
View the Washington University School of Business courses that have been reviewed by the Engineering Curriculum Committee.
Courses completed through the University College and courses taken elsewhere, are treated as transfer courses. All transfer courses must be taken for credit (not pass/fail), and students must earn a C- or better in transfer courses for the credit to transfer to the School. Grades do not transfer. View the University College courses that have been approved for transfer credit. (Note: This page can be slow to load.)
ENGR (E60) 450 is a School of Engineering course that has been approved to count toward the School’s humanities requirement if it is completed prior to June 2009. Beginning Fall 2009, this course will count toward the School’s social science requirement.
