Arts-Engineering
Program director. Bruce Thomas, Ph.D., (University of California, Berkley), associate professor of architecture, College of Arts and Sciences. The Arts-Engineering program provides the student with an opportunity to experience the breadth of an arts education and simultaneously follow the focused curriculum of an engineering major. This is a five-year, dual degree program administered by the College of Arts and Sciences. An Arts-Engineering graduate is awarded two bachelors degrees, one from the College of Arts and Sciences and another from the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the latter a professional degree.
A typical freshman year class schedule for an Arts-Engineer is shown below. Note that an Arts-Bioengineering program has a different freshman year class schedule.
freshman year, first semester (15-18 credit hours)
ENGL 1 | Composition/Literature I | 3 |
MATH 21 | Calculus I | 4 |
PHY 11 | Intro Physics I | 4 |
PHY 12 | Intro Physics Lab I | 1 |
(Dept) 90 | College Seminar or FYC | 1-4 |
ENGR 1 | Engineering Computations | 2 |
freshman year, second semester (17-18 credit hours)
ENGL 2 | Composition/Literature II | 3 |
MATH 22 | Calculus II | 4 |
CHM 25 | Intro Chemical Principles | 4 |
ENGR 5 | First-Year Design Experience | 3 |
Humanities | /Social Science Elective | 3-4 |
Selection of a major in the College of Engineering and Applied Science occurs prior to beginning the sophomore year. A major leading to a degree in the College of Arts and Sciences should be chosen prior to beginning the junior year.
Arts-Engineering candidates should recognize that pursuit of a bachelor of science degree (e.g., biology, chemistry, biochemistry, earth and environmental sciences, mathematics, and physics) or a bachelor of arts program with larger than average credit requirements (e.g., art, architecture, physical sciences, cognitive science, international careers, among others) will severely restrict choices of free electives.
Courses selected must fulfill major and distribution requirements of both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
For all students, very careful planning of the academic program done in consultation with advisers in both colleges is necessary to guarantee completion of all major, distribution and total credit requirements for the two degrees in five years.
When selected properly, courses meet distribution requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences while also satisfying distribution requirements of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
A course of study in Arts-Engineering may link any College of Engineering and Applied Science discipline degree program with any College of Arts and Sciences major. Please see individual departments for details concerning required courses and sequences for completing discipline – specific degrees and combinations of degree requirements for Arts Engineering. Below is a template listing all courses required for a civil engineering-architecture combination (the most common Arts-Engineering linkage). Please not that the large number of required credits for both degrees means that this combination results in a larger number of total credits than is required for some other combinations.
Civil Engineering - Architecture
A total of 167-171 credits is needed for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and the Bachelor of Art in Architecture degrees.
sophomore year, first semester (18 credits)
MATH 23 | Calculus III (4) |
CEE 3 | Engineering Statistics (3) |
CEE 10 | Engineering/Architectural Graphics and Design (3) |
DES 4 | Three-Dimensional Design (4) |
ART/ARCH 1 | Art/Architectural History I (4) |
sophomore year, second semester (19 credits)
MATH 205 | Linear Methods (3) |
CEE 59 | Strength of Materials (3) |
PHY 21 | Introductory Physics II (4) |
PHY 22 | Introductory Physics Lab II (1) |
ARCH 2 | Architectural History II (4) |
______ | Art Studio Elective (4) |
junior year, first semester (17 credits)
MAT 33 | Engineering Materials and Processes (3) |
CEE 123 | Civil Engineering Materials (1) |
CEE 11 | Surveying (1) |
CEE 12 | Civil Engineering Statistics (2) |
CEE 121 | Mechanics of Fluids (3) |
ARCH 43 | Architectural Design I (4) |
_______ | Engineering Science Elective [Mech 102, ME 104 or ECE 81/83] (3) |
junior year, second semester (19 credits)
CEE 117 | Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering (2) |
CEE 222 | Hydraulic Engineering (3) |
ARCH 143 | Architectural Design II (6) |
ECO 1 | Principles of Economics (4) |
_______ | Architectural History Elective* (4) |
senior year, first semester (17 credits)
CEE 142 | Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics (3) |
CEE 159 | Structural Analysis I (4) |
ARCH 243 | Architectural Design III (6) |
ARCH 157 | Architectural Technology I (4) |
senior year, second semester (19 credits)
CEE 202 | Civil Engineering Planning and Engineering Economics (3) |
CEE 242 | Principles and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering (3) |
CEE 262 | Fundamentals of Steel Structural Design (3) |
or CEE 264 | Fundamentals of Concrete Structural Design (3) |
ARCH 343 | Architectural Design IV (6) |
ARCH 210 | 20th Century Architecture (4) |
fifth year, first semester (14-15 credits)
CEE 203 | Professional Development (2) |
______ | Civil Engineering Approved electives** (8-9) |
______ | Architectural History Elective* (4) |
fifth year, second semester (17 credits)
CEE 170 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering (4) |
CEE 290 | Civil Engineering Capstone Design*** (3) |
______ | Civil Engineering Approved elective** (6) |
______ | Art Studio Elective (4) |
*One Architectural History elective should be filled by a course designated (SS) in order to fulfill the social science distribution requirement.
**Of 17 CEE approved elective credits required for Civil Engineering three credits are satisfied by Arch 343.
***Multidisciplinary teaming versions of CEE 205 or CEE 381 can be substituted with departmental permission.
Note: The College of Arts and Sciences requires a junior writing intensive course. This may be filled by an appropriate choice of elective.