Pre-Approved Applied AB Electives

Cluster Elective Policies & Reminders

 

  • All courses should follow a coherent sequence in ONE cluster. The pre-approved courses are divided into clusters that may contain courses with different subject codes (e.g. ARE and ECN).  You may take a combination of courses with different subject codes as long as they are within the same cluster. 
  • Prerequisites for the courses below vary.  Be sure to check the General Catalog for an up to date list of prerequisites. 
  • Be aware of registration restrictions.  Many courses on this list have Pass One registration restrictions so please plan carefully. Enrollment is not guaranteed and there is no way to circumvent registration restrictions. The Statistics Department has no authority over enrollment in non-STA courses.
  • Any deviation from the clusters and any addition of courses must be pre-approved by the Undergraduate Vice Chair.  This is not a complete list.  There are many other subject areas and courses that may be approved as well. Please submit the major modification request form for any elective requests.  Please include the list of which courses you would like to use and their descriptions. 

Course Clusters

  • Agricultural and Resource Economics/Economics/Management
  •          ARE 106 Econometric Theory and Applications (duplicates ECN 140)
    • ARE 107 Econometrics for Business Decisions
    • ARE 136 Managerial Marketing
    • ARE 155 Operations Research and Management Science
    • ARE 156 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
    • ARE 157 Analysis for Operations and Productions Management
    • ARE 171A Financial Management of the Firm (duplicates ECN 134) (Discontinued)
    • ARE 171B Financial Management of the Firm (Discontinued)
    • ARE 171 Principles of Finance (duplicates ECN 134)
    • ARE 172 Financial Management of the Firm
    • ECN 103 Economics of Uncertainty and Information
    • ECN 106 Decision Making
    • ECN 116 Comparative Economic Systems
    • ECN 122 Theory of Games and Strategic Behavior
    • ECN 132 Health Economics
    • ECN 134 Financial Economics 
    • ECN 135 Money, Banks, and Financial Institutions
    • ECN 140 Econometrics
    • ECN 141 Economic & Financial Forecasting
    • ECN 145 Transportation Economics
    • MGT 100 Introduction to Financial Accounting
    • MGT 120 Managing and Using Information Technology
    • MGT 140 Marketing for the Technology-Based Enterprise
    • MGT 160 Financing New Business Ventures
    • MGT 170 Management Accounting and Control
    • MGT 180 Supply Chain Planning and Management
  • Biological Sciences
  •          ANT 157 Advanced Human Genetics
    • ANT 157L Advanced Human Genetics Lab
    • BIS 132 Introduction to Dynamic Models in Modern Biology
    • BIS 181 Comparative Genomics
    • BIS 183 Functional Genomics
      ECS 124 Theory & Practice of Bioinformatics
    • ECS 129 Computational Structural Bioinformatics
    • MAT 124 Mathematical Biology
    • MCB 123 Behavior and Analysis of Enzyme and Receptor Systems
    • MCB 162 Human Genetics and Genomics
    • MCB 182 Principles of Genomics
    • NPB 100L Neurobiology Laboratory
    • NPB 166 Math Tools for Neuroscience
    • NPB 167 Computational Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  •          BIM 105 Probability and Statistics for Biomedical Engineers
    • BIM 107 Mathematical Methods for Biological Systems
    • BIM 116 Physiology for Biomedical Engineers
    • BIM 117 Modeling Strategies for Biomedical Engineering
    • BIM 142 Principles and Practices of Biomedical Imaging
  • Civil Engineering
  •          ECI 119 Parallel Processing for Engineering Applications
    • ECI 153 Deterministic Optimization and Design
    • ECI 165 Transportation Policy
    • ECI 114 Probabilistic Systems Analysis for Civil Engineers
    • ECI 131 Matrix Structural Analysis
    • ECI 153 Deterministic Optimization and Design
  • Communication
  •          CMN 102 Empirical Methods in Communication
    • CMN 141 Media Effects: Theory and Research
    • CMN 150 Computational Social Science 
    • CMN 152 Social Science with Online Data
    • CMN 170 Digital Technology and Social Change
    • CMN 172 Interpersonal Technologies
  • Environmental Science
  •          ABT 150 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
    • ABT 181N Concepts & Methods in Geographic Information Systems
    • ABT 182 Environmental Analysis Using GIS
    • ESP 106 Environmental Data Science
    • ESP 121 Population Ecology
    • ESP 123 Introduction to Field and Laboratory Methods in Ecology
    • ESP 160 The Policy Process
    • ESP 168A Methods of Environmental Policy Evaluation
    • ESP 168B Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
    • ESP 178 Applied Research Methods
  • Evolution and Ecology
  •          EVE 102 Population and Quantitative Genetics
    • EVE 103 Phylogeny, Speciation and Macroevolution
    • EVE 104 Community Ecology
    • EVE 119 Population Biology of Invasive Plants and Weeds
    • EVE 180A Experimental Ecology and Evolution in the Field
    • EVE 180B Experimental Ecology and Evolution in the Field
  • Food Science & Technology/Nutrition
  •          FST 109 Principles of Quality Assurance in Food Processing
    • FST 107 Food Sensory Science
    • FST 117 Design and Analysis for Sensory Food Science
    • FST 127 Sensory Evaluation of Foods
    • NUT 112 Nutritional Assessment
  • Human Development/Psychology
  •          HDE 117 Longevity
    • HDE 120 Research Methods in Human Development
    • HDE 121 Psychological Assessment
    • PSC 103A Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data
    • PSC 103B Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data
    • PSC 104 Applied Psychometrics: An Introduction to Measurement Theory
    • One of PSC 180A-B-C Research in Psychology
  • Political Science
  •          POL 109 Public Policy and the Governmental Process
    • POL 110 The Strategy of Politics
    • POL 114 Quantitative Analysis of Political Data
    • POL 121 Scientific Study of War
    • POL 164 Public Opinion
    • POL 170 Political Psychology
  • Sociology+
  •          SOC 103 Evaluation Research Methods
    • SOC 106 Intermediate Social Statistics
    • SOC 170 Population
    • SOC 154 Health and Illness (Discontinued)
    • SOC 163 Population Health: Social Determinants and Disparities in Health
    • SPH 101 Introduction to Public Health
    • SPH 102 Introduction to Human Epidemiology
    • STS 112 Visualizing Society with Data
  • Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology
  •          WFC 122 Population Dynamics and Estimation
    • WFC 152 Ecology of Human-Wildlife Conflicts
    • WFC 100 Field Methods in Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology