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"3-2 Program" or "Combined Plan" for the Study of Engineering

Wesleyan maintains a "3-2 Program" with Columbia and the California Institute of Technology for students wishing to combine the study of engineering with a liberal arts background.

A student participating in this program spends three years at Wesleyan followed by two at the engineering school. After completing all degree requirements from both schools he or she receives two degrees, a BA from Wesleyan and a B.Sc. from Caltech or Columbia. During the three years at Wesleyan a prospective 3-2 student enters a normal major program and completes the minimal requirements for the major, and in addition fulfills the science and mathematics requirements for the first two years of the engineering school he or she plans to enter.

During the final two years at the engineering school the student follows its regular third and fourth year program in whatever field of engineering is 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.)

Contact Professor Huwel for more information:

Lutz Huwel
Department of Physics
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
(860)685-2052
lhuwel@wesleyan.edu