Undergraduate Minor Tracking

Graduation Requirements: Minimum C grade in all minor courses. Average GPA of 2.5 or higher in all minor courses. Students must also meet the minimum GPA for their major, as a minor may not be awarded without a major degree.

Complete all of the Following:

  • 2 foundational courses
  • 3 core courses
  • 1 credit of Undergraduate Project

Total of 16 minimum credits

Click each category below for more details:

Foundational Course Requirement
Complete one set of two courses (students must meet course prerequisites in order to enroll).

Mechanical Engineering:
ME EN 3220 | Dynamic Systems and Control | 3 Credits
ME EN 3230 | Mechatronics | 4 Credits

Electrical and Computer Engineering:
ECE 3610 | Fundamentals of Robotics and Cyberphysical Systems | 3 Credits
ECE 5615 | Classical Control Systems | 3 Credits

Computer Science:
CS 4300 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 Credits
CS 4640 | Image Processing Basics | 3 Credits

Foundational Courses Credit Hour Sub-Total: 6-7 Credits

Core Course Requirement
Complete ROBOT 5000 – Robotics I: Mechanics:
Robotics Mechanics Core Area (Required)

  • ROBOT 5000 | Robotics I: Mechanics | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as CS 5310 or ECE 5650 or ME EN 5220)

And 2 additional core classes from different areas:

Robot Control Core Area

  • ROBOT 5100 | Robotics II: Control | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as ME EN 5230)

Cognition Core Area 

  • ROBOT 6200 | Motion Planning | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as CS 6370 or ME EN 6225)
  • CS 4300 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 Credits (if not used to fulfill a foundational course)

Perception Core Area 

  • CS 4640 | Image Processing | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as BME 4640)
  • CS 5320 | Computer Vision | 3 Credits

Required Core Area Credit Hour Sub-Total: 9 Credits


Elective Courses
An elective isn’t required for the minor, but students completing a foundational course that is also a core course will need to select an additional course to get to the 15 minimum total course credits. This can be selected from the core course list or the below elective list (Undergraduate students need a permission code and instructor consent to register for graduate-level courses):

Robot Mechanics Category Electives

  • ROBOT 7000 | Manipulation and Mobility | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as ME EN 7230 or CS 7310)
  • ROBOT 7010 | System Identification for Robotics | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as ME EN 7220 or CS 7320)

Robot Control Category Electives

  • ME EN 5200 or ECE 5615 (cross-listed) | Classical Control Systems | 3 Credits
  • ECE 5670 | Control of Electric Motors | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 5210 or ECE 5652 or CH EN 5203 (cross-listed) | State Space Control | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 7200 | Nonlinear Control | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 7210 | Optimal Control | 3 Credits
  • ECE 6570 | Adaptive Control | 3 Credits

Cognition Category

  • CS 5350 | Machine Learning | 3 Credits
  • CS 5958 | Robot Learning (currently special topics) | 3 Credits

Perception Category

  • CS 7640 | Advanced Image Processing | 3 Credits
  • CS 5353 | Deep Learning for Image Analysis  | 3 Credits
  • ECE 5530 | Digital Signal Processing  | 3 Credits

Human-Robot Interaction Category

  • CS 5360 | Virtual Reality | 3 Credits
  • ROBOT 7400 | Haptics for VR, Teleoperation, and Physical Human-Robot Interaction | 3 Credits (Also offered as ME EN 7240)
  • ROBOT 6400| Neural Engineering and NeuroRobotics | 4 Credits (Also offered as BME 6440 or ECE 6654)

Robot Design Category

  • ROBOT 6500/ ME EN 5240 | Advanced Mechatronics | 4 Credits
  • ROBOT 5960 | Wearable Robotics | 3 Credits
  • ECE 5780 or CS 5780 | Embedded System Design | 4 Credits
  • ECE 5960 | Robotic Millisystems | 3 Credits
  • CS 6956 | Medical Robotics | 3 Credits

Elective Course Sub-Total: 0-4 Credits

Project Requirement
Minor participants must complete an approved (by robotics faculty) minimum one credit hour robotics project with a short final presentation (robotics seminar, capstone class, conference, etc.). The project can be fulfilled as part of a senior design capstone project, independent project, faculty advised project, project with a company, a student club, or an approved project intensive class. Students taking project-intensive courses may result in additional credits beyond the minimum required for the minor.

  • ROBOT 5920 | Undergraduate Project | 1 Credit (enroll in your project advisor’s section)
    or
  • Approved coursework with intensive projects:
    ROBOT 6500/ ME EN 5240: Advanced Mechatronics
    ROBOT 6960: Wearable Robotics
    ROBOT 6200/ CS 6370 / ME EN 6225: Motion Planning
    CS 5320: Computer Vision
    ROBOT 6400 / ECE 6654 / BME 6440: Neural Engineering & NeuroRobotics
    • Students choosing to take project-intensive courses to fulfill the project requirement may need to take additional approved courses to reach the 16 credit hour minimum to complete the minor.

Project Credit Hour Sub-Total: 1 Credit