Advising Handbook

Adviser: Nelson Christensen- Olin 331, Telephone: x5932

A number of our students go on from Carleton into programs in engineering. There are two direct routes into engineering from Carleton. One is a 3-2 program in which a student spends three years at Carleton, and two years at an engineering school receiving dual degrees, a B.A. from Carleton and a B.S. in engineering from an engineering institution. We have formal connections with Columbia University (New York) and Washington University (St. Louis), and have arranged programs with other schools in response to individual student interest. The second route is admission directly into an undergraduate or, more commonly, into a graduate engineering program after four years at Carleton.

While your advisees may express an interest in either or both of the above routes, first-year students particularly should be made aware of the need to plan their Carleton programs from the time of their arrival at Carleton in the case of a 3-2 (combined plan) in engineering. Since a Carleton BA is awarded upon the completion of this five year program, the student is expected to complete a modified major including the integrative exercise in one of four fields: chemistry, mathematics, computer science, or physics. While Carleton's total credit requirement and senior residency requirement are waived, the student is expected to meet all of the other graduation requirements. Normally students interested in chemical engineering would elect a chemistry major, and students interested in other fields of engineering would pick physics, mathematics, or computer science.

Below are sample course schedules. Students wishing to pursue the Combined Plan are strongly advised to meet with the program coordinator, Nelson Christensen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Olin 331, phone x5932 , as well as with a faculty member from the department in which the student intends to major, as early as possible in their college careers to make certain that their programs of study are suitable.