Hi, I was looking to take my 1st Technical Elective next semester, and I have to pick a 4000-level or higher course in the MANE department, and it has to be 3 credit hours or less.

I've narrowed it down to:

MANE-4080 Propulsion Systems

MANE-4140 Intro to Computational Fluid Dynamics

MANE-4170 Machine Dynamics

MANE-4520 Mechatronics

MANE-4560 Robotics I (AKA Manipulator Kinematics & Dynamics)

MANE-4640 Analysis of Manufacturing Processes

I'm unsure I'll use Propulsion in my career (MechE that doesn't want to build missiles), but I kept it in anyways.

I'm looking to take MATH-4800 and I've already taken NuMPE and Intro to CS so I'm not sure I want another computational course. Robotics interests me so I think I'd enjoy Mechatronics or Robotics, but I'm unsure about how employable either of those are.

Machine Dynamics I'm told is similar to Engr Dynamics, and I did pretty well in that course, so maybe I'll enjoy it, but the jobs I'm looking to get into don't seem to need heavy machine design/analysis experience.

Manufacturing seems interesting, and I might end up working in manufacturing as a MechE, but I was looking to go more into thermal stuff (which bummed me out so much that Advanced Heat Transfer wasn't being offered).

Unfortunately I can't do URP for this, and I can't take 4 credit hours due to scheduling conflicts.

Any advice for what would be a cool/interesting class would be appreciated!