For students who want to combine their interest in engineering with other liberal arts disciplines, Clark offers the 3-2 Engineering program.
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3-2 Program in Engineering
Clark offers this five-year program in conjunction with Columbia University. Students take pre-engineering courses in the sciences along with classes in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for three years, followed by two years of advanced engineering studies at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. Upon completion, students receive two degrees: a B.A. from Clark and a B.S. in engineering from Columbia.
The required curriculum of the 3-2 Engineering program, which is open to all Clark students, must be started during the first year of study to permit the timely completion of all requirements. Those students whose high school background (as determined by placement examinations) has not prepared them to enter calculus (MATH 120) and composition (ENG 020) during their first semester may not be able to enter the program unless they enroll in a summer semester to complete the requirements on time.
Note: Incoming first-year students who expect to enroll in the 3-2 Engineering Program should indicate their interest to their summer adviser when they pick classes in June or July. In addition, please plan to make an appointment with the Program Committee Chair, Charles Agosta, once you arrive on campus for the fall semester; email physics@yilunjianshe.com or call 1-508-793-7169. The Physics Department is located in Room 231 of the Sackler Sciences Center.
Program Highlights
3-2 Engineering at Clark
At Clark, students in the 3-2 Engineering Program are advised to major in a field that strongly overlaps the entrance requirements for Columbia’s engineering school, such as chemistry, computer science, economics, environmental science and policy, mathematics, physics, or a self-designed liberal-arts/engineering major. Your major at Clark will sometimes complement your intended engineering major at Columbia. For example, if you are interested in chemical engineering, a chemistry major at Clark would be a good choice. Information showing Clark courses and their equivalents for the Columbia program can be found here.
Students are encouraged to seek the advice of 3-2 Engineering Program Committee members as well as a major adviser who is familiar with the program. Course selection will be slightly different for each student, depending on the chosen major and high school AP courses, but the sample curricula will be a good place to start when planning a schedule. Students intending to declare self-designed liberal-arts/engineering major may wish to use the 3-2 Engineering Committee as their major advisory committee.
If the results of the mathematics placement examination place you below calculus, you will be required to take calculus in a summer semester to prepare for your second-year courses (MATH 130/131 and PHYS 130). If you do not place into ENGL 20, you also may be required to take summer courses.