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Partner School Dual-Degree Program Planning

This guide outlines key requirements, recommended sequencing, and concentration-specific considerations to help you prepare for both your first and fifth years in Dartmouth's Partner School Dual-Degree Program in engineering.

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Program Concentrations

When you complete the Dual-Degree Program, you will receive the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree, which includes fulfilling a disciplinary concentration in an area of study. Common areas of study include, but are not limited to: 

  • Biomedical (BME)
  • Biological (BIO)
  • Chemical (CHE)
  • Computer (COMP)
  • Electrical (EE)
  • Energy (ENRG)
  • Environmental (ENV)
  • Materials (MAT)
  • Mechanical (ME)

Create Your Plan

In the first year of the Dual-Degree Program, you fulfill core requirements (ENGS 21–23) and take prerequisites for your potential concentrations, usually from ENGS 24–37. You'll take two engineering courses and one additional course each term. It is strongly recommended that the third course not be in engineering or science, particularly in the first term.  

Students are advised to plan their first-year programs in light of their plans for the second year, to make sure that all necessary prerequisites are taken before the advanced courses. We recommend that you:

  1. Read about the concentrations that interest you;
  2. Note the recommended 20- and 30-level prerequisites for your concentration;
  3. Read about upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, and note their prerequisites as well;
  4. Consult the tables below to draft a schedule for taking 20- and 30-level courses in your first year;
  5. Discuss your plan with your advisor.

Course Information

The following courses are required in all programs: ENGS 21, 22, 23; two from ENGS 24–28; two from ENGS 30–37; one of ENGS 91–93; and ENGS 89–90. The remaining courses are selected to fulfill the total course count and tailor the program to your professional interests. 

Appropriate 20- and 30-level courses for particular disciplines are listed below, along with the terms in which they are offered. A pre-approved junior-level physics course in electromagnetism from the home institution may be allowed in place of the core course ENGS 23, permitting another ENGS elective to be taken in its place.

Note: The terms listed below are when courses are typically offered and are subject to change.

COURSETERMS OFFEREDENGINEERING AREAS
ENGS 21: Intro to EngineeringX, F, W, SAll
ENGS 22: SystemsX, F, W, SAll
ENGS 23: Distributed Systems and FieldsF, W, SAll
ENGS 24: Materials Science (CHE or QM)       X, W, SME, EE, ENRG, BME, CHE, MAT
ENGS 25: ThermodynamicsX, W, SCHE, ENV, EE, ENRG, MAT, BME
ENGS 26: Feedback ControlF, SEE, COMP, ME, CHE, BME
ENGS 27: Discrete & Probabilistic SystemsX, FCOMP, EE
ENGS 28: Embedded SystemsWCOMP, EE, ME
ENGS 30: Biological Physics (CHE)SBIO, BME
ENGS 31: Digital Electronics (CS)X, SEE, COMP
ENGS 32: Analog ElectronicsF, WEE, ENRG, COMP, ME, BME
ENGS 33: Solid MechanicsX, F, WENRG, ME, MAT, BME
ENGS 34: Fluid MechanicsSENRG, ME, CHE, ENV
ENGS 35: Biotechnology (CHE, BIO)FBIO, BME, CHE, ENV
ENGS 36: Chemical EngineeringFCHE, ENRG, ENV, BIO
ENGS 37: Environmental Engineering (CHE)FENRG, ENV, CHE

Below are these same ENGS courses organized by term offered. (Consult the course listings for schedules.)

Summer (X)Fall (F)Winter (W)Spring (S)
ENGS 21ENGS 21ENGS 21ENGS 21
ENGS 22ENGS 22ENGS 22ENGS 22
ENGS 24ENGS 23ENGS 23ENGS 23
ENGS 25ENGS 26ENGS 24ENGS 24
ENGS 27ENGS 27ENGS 25ENGS 25
ENGS 31ENGS 32*ENGS 28ENGS 26
ENGS 33**ENGS 33**ENGS 32*ENGS 30
 ENGS 35ENGS 33**ENGS 31
 ENGS 36 ENGS 34
 ENGS 37  

* ENGS 32 is only offered in fall and winter, so potential electrical engineering concentrators must be sure to take the prerequisite, ENGS 22, in the summer or fall terms. 

** ENGS 33 is not offered in the spring, so potential mechanical engineering concentrators must take it in the summer, fall, or winter terms.  

Fifth-Year Planning

In the fifth BE year, you'll take three courses in each of the three terms. A few of these are fixed, and the rest are elective to build a disciplinary concentration. An applied math course, chosen from ENGS 91–93, is required for the BE. All three are offered in the fall, and additionally, a section of ENGS 93: Statistics is offered in the winter term.

Up to 11 courses in math, natural science, and computer science, including the program prerequisites (calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science), may be brought from the home college into the BE program.

Fall (F)Winter (W)Spring (S)
ENGS 89 (BE project)ENGS 90 (BE project)Elective
ENGS 91, ENGS 92, ENGS 93 (or elective)Elective (or ENGS 93)Elective
ElectiveElectiveElective

Contact

Undergraduate Program Director

Jenna Wheeler
jenna.d.wheeler@dartmouth.edu
+1 (603) 646-3677