Science and Engineering Dual Degree Program also known as 3-2 Engineering Program at Goucher

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Goucher College has established a dual-degree program (also known as 3-2 engineering program at Goucher) through which students earn both a bachelor of arts degree from Goucher and a bachelor of science degree from the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU) or the Fu foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University. The dual-degree program enables students to explore the liberal arts and sciences, while developing professional knowledge and experience in a specific field of engineering. Students in the program are admitted initially by Goucher College, where they will typically spend three years fulfilling general education requirements and completing major requirements for the B.A. degree in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics.

Successful students then complete an additional two years at JHU or Columbia University , during which requirements are completed for the B.S. degree in one of the following disciplines:

• Electrical and computer engineering, which include the fields of communications, control systems, electronics, and digital systems.
• Chemical & Biomolecular, and Biomedical engineering, which relies upon the laws of chemistry, physics, and mathematics to change the structure of chemical substances and purify new substances that are created in the process. There are two chemical engineering tracks. The biomolecular engineering track is dedicated to solving problems and generating products through molecular scale biochemical and biological transformations. This discipline teaches students to integrate modern molecular biology and biochemistry with engineering concepts in the design of novel biological products and processes for biotechnology and bioengineering.
• (note: JHU does not accept any transfer students to their Biomedical engineering program at this time)
• Civil engineering, which reflects the breadth of the engineering disciplines in the planning and designing of buildings, bridges, transportation systems, and environmental programs.
• Environmental engineering, which deals with the amelioration of environmental problems.
• Materials science and engineering, which is concerned with the structure, properties, performance, processing, and production of all materials including biomaterials.
• Mechanical engineering, which deals with the manipulation of energy through useful mechanical devices including biomechanical devices.

Students who wish to pursue the 3-2 engineering at JHU should submit a letter of intent to the Provost at Goucher before beginning their third year of study at the college (early in the Spring semester of the second year, before registration for the Fall of the third year). On written approval of the associate dean for undergraduate studies at Goucher and the associate dean for academic affairs of the Whiting School, students are assigned academic advisers at JHU and are permitted to cross-register for appropriate (usually introductory) engineering courses at JHU during their junior year at Goucher. In return, students accepted at JHU are eligible, during the fourth and fifth years while enrolled at JHU, to take an equivalent number of courses in their liberal arts major at Goucher that count toward electives in their engineering major.

Students who wish to pursue the 3-2 engineering at the Fu foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University should submit a letter of intent to the Director of the 3-2 engineering program at Goucher before beginning their third year of study at the college and after careful reviewing the documents at the following Columbia Univeristy web address:

(1)  Combined Plan Curriculum Guide “http//undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/2013-2014_pre-combined_plan_curriculum_guide.pdf”

(2)  Combined Plan Program Admissions “http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/combined-plan”

For purposes such as payment of tuition, student governance, financial aid, and housing, participants in the program are considered Goucher students during their first three years and JHU students during the last two.

Both the B.A. degree from Goucher College and the B.S. degree from JHU are awarded at the conclusion of the fifth year, provided all requirements for each degree have been fulfilled. Interested students should contact director of the program, Dr. Ali Bakhshai in the Physics & Astronomy Department ali.bakhshai@goucher.edu.

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