Dual Majors

A student who is interested in two of the Engineering and Applied Science curricula may be permitted to expand his/her program in order to earn a degree in both majors. In such cases, the student must satisfy the degree requirements for both BSE curricula. (BAS students are not permitted to dual major.) To achieve dual engineering major status, a student must prepare Course Planning Guides for the two curricula showing how the requirements for each will be satisfied.

The expectation is that the student will complete a single senior design project which will fulfill the design requirements for each curriculum. The cpgs must be submitted for approval first to the student's academic advisor and the undergraduate curriculum chair for each program and then to the Office of Academic Programs, with a "Request to Change/Add Curriculum "  form requesting a second major. This process should be completed no later than the beginning of the junior year or the accumulation of 20 course units of relevant work.

The program should show evidence of intellectual purpose and not be merely a manipulation of overlapping requirements for the sole purpose of satisfying two separate engineering majors. No course may be triple counted, i.e., counted for more than two degrees/majors/minors. Only students of demonstrated ability, generally a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher, will be permitted to register for dual major status.

Some BSE students may wish to consider a second major in either mathematics or biochemistry.