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Dual-Degree Course of Study

Preparation for First Year at Dartmouth

You should arrive at Dartmouth with solid preparation in mathematics and science, including:

Mathematics (3 courses, including calculus through linear algebra and multivariable calculus)
Physics (2 courses through mechanics and electromagnetism)
Chemistry (1 course in general chemistry)
Computer science (1 course)

Students interested in biotechnology or biochemical engineering should take a course in cellular and molecular biology.

Students interested in biomedical engineering should take courses in cellular and gene expression biology and also organic chemistry.

First Year at Dartmouth

Common core courses (2 courses)

ENGS 21 Introduction to Engineering (fall or spring)
ENGS 22 Systems (winter or summer)

Common and distributive core courses (choose 2 courses)

ENGS 23 Distributed Systems and Fields (fall or spring, requires ENGS 22)
ENGS 24 Science of Materials (winter or spring)
ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics (spring or summer)
ENGS 26 Control Theory (fall and spring, requires ENGS 22)
ENGS 27 Discrete and Probabilistic Systems (winter)

Engineering electives

ENGS 31 Digital Electronics (spring or summer)
ENGS 32 Electronics: Introduction to Linear and Digital Circuits (winter, requires ENGS 22)
ENGS 33 Solid Mechanics (fall or summer)
ENGS 34 Fluid Dynamics (winter, requires ENGS 23 and 25)
ENGS 35 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering (fall, requires cell and molecular biology)
ENGS 36 Chemical Engineering (fall, requires ENGS 22 and 25)
ENGS 37 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (fall)
ENGS 56 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (spring)
ENGS 61 Intermediate Electrical Circuits (winter, requires ENGS 22)
ENGS 73 Materials Processing and Selection (winter, requires ENGS 24 and 33)
ENGS 76 Machine Engineering (fall, requires ENGS 33)

Preparation for Bachelor of Engineering Program

As part of your B.A. program at your home school, you should complete upper-level courses in math and science that support your engineering interests. Examples include:

electromagnetism and atomic physics
organic and physical chemistry
cell, molecular, or environmental biology
numerical analysis, probability and statistics, or mathematical physics (including complex analysis and transform methods)

B.E. Year at Dartmouth

After receiving the B.A. degree from your home school, you'll return to Dartmouth to pursue the Bachelor of Engineering degree.

The B.E. program includes 9 courses, which meet proficiency criteria for ABET, Inc., the accreditation board for engineering and technology, and give students skills and understanding within a selected engineering discipline.

Applied mathematics (choose 1 course)

ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation
ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables
ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering

Innovative design (a 2-course sequence)

ENGS 190/290 Engineering Design Methodology

Analytical and experimental engineering (3 or more courses)

Engineering Sciences courses in a single engineering discipline

Engineering electives (3 or more courses)

Engineering sciences courses or, with permission, courses from mathematics, computer science or natural science departments at Dartmouth, such as COSC 23-78, 104-109, and 118, and EARS 66 and 118

Depending on your undergraduate preparation, you may have to take additional mathematics and natural science courses to meet ABET requirements.

Sample Programs

If you have an interest in a particular engineering discipline, you can download this document for sample dual-degree programs.
Sample Dual-Degree Programs (PDF).