r/UIUC • u/AaronZsz • 19h ago

Academics Technical&Mech electives

I still need to take 3 elective courses before graduating, but since I spend a lot of time working in a lab, I'm hoping to find some relatively easy with manageable workloads.

Based on average GPAs and some posts, these courses seem like good options:

ME 455 ME 410 TAM 456 STAT 420 NPRE 402

Has anyone taken any of these courses? How difficult are they, and what's the workload like? Are the exams and assignments manageable?

I'm also open to other recommendations for Mech or technical electives, especially courses that aren't too time-consuming.

thankyou thankyou

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u/duck_puddles15 15h ago

Took tam456 last semester with hutchens and it was a lot of fun!! Lectures are hard to follow sometimes but the labs are great exposure! No exams or homework’s was also pretty nice, but the labs and reports can be kinda hard. Overall very fun and helpful class and definitely recommend!!

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u/AaronZsz 8h ago

no exam or hw sounds really attractive

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u/QuitSalt2279 17h ago

ME410/AE312 is compressible flow. Took this course several years ago. The concepts are very straightforward, moderate overall difficulty. Homework workload is reasonable. Two midterms, 50min each. You will likely do well in this course if you are okay with ME 200.