Curriculum Details:

Additional details on the main curricular components of the program include:

1. IDEAS Core Courses: Four IDEAS core courses, one per year

1. These courses replace Engineering 5, English 1 & 2 (composition courses), Arts & Science 1, the CAS college seminar and the CAS junior year writing intensive requirements with four IDEAS courses that are writing intensive.
2. IDEA 11 and 12: the first year IDEAS core courses will emphasize intensive faculty mentoring within a small seminar environment where students develop, write, and present their individual interest areas and select their concentrations.
3. IDEA 111 and 112: a continuation of IDEA 10 where interest areas are integrated into themes as individual concentrations are pursued.
4. IDEA 150: junior year course has students working in teams and preparing for the senior year thesis work.
5. IDEA 250: the senior year honors thesis course

2. Math/Science Core: All students are required to fulfill the 36 credit math/science requirement, regardless of their choice of concentrations.

3. Engineering Majors: Engineering majors are divided into two different categories, as follows:

1. Interdisciplinary Theme: Select an approved interdisciplinary theme in engineering that can be coordinated with a liberal arts concentration.
2. Engineering Discipline: A defined engineering discipline (e.g., mechanical engineering); students will follow a portion of the curriculum defined by the chosen area. When choosing this option, it is possible to complete an ABET accredited engineering degree in five years.

4. Liberal Arts Majors:

1. Interdisciplinary Theme:Select an approved interdisciplinary theme (e.g. STS) in arts and sciences that can be coordinated with an engineering concentration.
2. Liberal Arts Discipline:A defined liberal arts discipline (e.g., English); students will follow the curriculum defined by the chosen concentration.
• A minimum of 36 credits is required in the liberal arts concentration. If students choose a concentration that requires less than 36 credits total, in addition to those taken as part of the math/natural science core, the additional credits must be selected in the CAS.
• Students may select mathematics or natural science as the liberal arts discipline. However the humanities and social science distribution requirement (8 credits of humanities and 8 credits of social science) must be satisfied using the 16 credit elective core to satisfy the CAS requirement which is also acceptable for distribution in the RCEAS.

5. Combining the Engineering and Liberal Arts Concentrations: You may combine your particular interests in engineering and in arts and sciences and customize your academic experience at Lehigh. There are five different ways you may combine your engineering and liberal arts interests:

1. Combining an Engineering Discipline with a Liberal Art Discipline (e.g., Electrical Engineering and International Relations)*
2. Combining an Engineering Discipline with a Liberal Art Theme (e.g., Chemical Engineering and STS)*
3. Combining an Engineering Theme with a Liberal Art Theme (e.g., Product Liability and Legal Studies)
4. Combining an Engineering Theme with a Liberal Arts Discipline (e.g., Product Liability and Chemistry)
5. Custom design your own combination between engineering and liberal arts with your advisor


* Options (a) and (b) could lead to an ABET accredited engineering degree in the selected discipline in one additional year (dual degrees)