The "3-2 Program" or "Combined Plan" for the Study of Engineering Wesleyan maintains "3-2 Programs" with Columbia University (Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science) and the California Institute of Technology for students wishing to combine the study of engineering with a broad background in liberal arts. Students participating in this program spend three years at Wesleyan followed by two at the engineering school. After completing all degree requirements from both schools, students receive two degrees, a BA from Wesleyan and a B.Sc. from Caltech or Columbia. During the three years at Wesleyan, prospective 3-2 students enter a major program and complete the minimal requirements for the major. In addition, they fulfill the science and mathematics requirements for the first two years of the engineering school they plan to enter. During the final two years at the engineering school, students follow the regular third and fourth year program in whatever field of engineering they selected, and in addition may need to take other specific courses to satisfy its degree requirements. (This is more likely to be the case at Columbia, which has a "core curriculum" required of all students.) Planning a program of courses at Wesleyan. Students interested in pursuing the 3-2 option should so inform their faculty advisor when planning their program of study, since the requirements of this program place severe constraints on the courses that must be taken in the first two years. Specifically, admission into the engineering program requires at a minimum two semesters of calculus-based physics, two semesters of chemistry (the second semester of chemistry is not needed for some engineering majors at Columbia), and 2 years of calculus, including differential equations. Details for the two programs may be found at their respective websites. Prospective 3-2 students are strongly urged to take Physics 113-116 and Mathematics 121-122, or more advanced courses in these two departments, in their frosh year. The major advisor in the department or program of the intended major should be consulted early in the sophomore year, to make certain that all (or almost all) requirements for the major can be completed by the end of the third year. (Science or mathematics majors can often arrange to have one or two courses from their engineering program applied to their Wesleyan major, but this is rarely possible for non-science majors.) Formal acceptance into the program. Latest in the fall of the junior year, a prospective 3-2 student should contact the 3-2 Program Liaison Officer (Professor Lutz Huwel). Formal application to transfer to Columbia or Caltech under the 3-2 Program is made early in the spring semester of the junior year. If the student's academic record is strong (Columbia requires a minimum GPA of 3.0) the Liaison Officer recommends to the Admissions Office at Caltech or Columbia that the student be accepted as a transfer student under this program. While acceptance is not automatic, to date all Wesleyan students recommended for the program have been accepted for admission. Financial Aid. Financial aid during the final two years is provided by the engineering school according to its criteria, and there is no guarantee that its financial aid package will be similar to Wesleyan's. Students requiring financial aid must submit all necessary Financial Aid Forms to the engineering school well before its deadlines.