Arts-Engineering
Program co-directors, William Best, MS, (Virginia Tech), professor of practice of mechanical engineering and Jenna Lay, Ph.D. (Stanford University), associate professor of English. The Arts-Engineering program provides the student with an opportunity to experience the breadth of an arts education and simultaneously follow the focused curriculum of an engineering major. This is a five-year, dual degree program administered by the College of Arts and Sciences. An Arts-Engineering graduate is awarded two bachelors degrees, one from the College of Arts and Sciences and another from the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the latter a professional degree.
A typical freshman year class schedule for an Arts-Engineer is shown below. Note that an Arts-Bioengineering program has a different freshman year class schedule.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| ENGL 001 | 3 | ENGL 002 | 3 |
| MATH 021 | 4 | MATH 022 | 4 |
| PHY 011 | 4 | CHM 030 | 4 |
| PHY 012 | 1 | ENGR 010 | 2 |
| ENGR 005 | 2 | HSS Humanities /Social Science Elective | 3-4 |
| (Dept) 90 College Seminar or FYC | 1-4 | ||
| 15-18 | 16-17 | ||
| Total Credits: 31-35 | |||
Selection of a major in the College of Engineering and Applied Science occurs prior to beginning the sophomore year. A major leading to a degree in the College of Arts and Sciences should be chosen prior to beginning the junior year.
Arts-Engineering candidates should recognize that pursuit of a bachelor of science degree (e.g., biology, chemistry, biochemistry, earth and environmental sciences, mathematics, and physics) or a bachelor of arts program with larger than average credit requirements (e.g., art, architecture, physical sciences, cognitive science, international careers, among others) will severely restrict choices of free electives.
Courses selected must fulfill major and distribution requirements of both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
For all students, very careful planning of the academic program done in consultation with advisers in both colleges is necessary to guarantee completion of all major, distribution and total credit requirements for the two degrees in five years.
When selected properly, courses meet distribution requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences while also satisfying distribution requirements of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
A course of study in Arts-Engineering may link any College of Engineering and Applied Science discipline degree program with any College of Arts and Sciences major. Please see individual departments for details concerning required courses and sequences for completing discipline – specific degrees and combinations of degree requirements for Arts Engineering. Below is a template listing all courses required for a civil engineering-architecture combination (the most common Arts-Engineering linkage). Please note that the large number of required credits for both degrees means that this combination results in a larger number of total credits than is required for some other combinations.
Civil Engineering - Architecture
A total of 164-169 credits is needed for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and the Bachelor of Art in Architecture degrees.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| ENGL 001 | 3 | ENGL 002 | 3 |
| MATH 021 | 4 | MATH 022 | 4 |
| PHY 011 | 4 | CHM 030 | 4 |
| PHY 012 | 1 | ENGR 010 | 2 |
| ENGR 005 | 2 | HSS Humanities/Social Science Elective1 | 3-4 |
| (Dept) 90 College Seminar or FYC | 1-4 | ||
| 15-18 | 16-17 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| MATH 023 | 4 | MATH 205 | 3 |
| CEE 003 | 3 | CEE 059 | 3 |
| CEE 010 | 3 | PHY 021 | 4 |
| ART 001 | 4 | PHY 022 | 1 |
| ART 003 | 4 | ART 004 | 4 |
| ARCH 043 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 19 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| CEE 011 | 1 | CEE 117 | 2 |
| CEE 012 | 2 | CEE 1232 | 3 |
| CEE 1222 | 3 | CEE 2222 | 3 |
| ARCH 143 | 4 | ARCH 002 | 4 |
| ARCH 157 | 4 | ARCH 243 | 4 |
| Basic Science Elective3 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| CEE 1422 | 3 | CEE 202 | 3 |
| CEE 159 | 4 | CEE 242 | 3 |
| ARCH 210 | 4 | CEE 262 or 264 | 3 |
| Art Studio Elective | 4 | CEE Approved Elective4 | 3 |
| ECO 001 | 4 | CEE Approved Elective4 | 3 |
| 19 | 15 | ||
| Fifth Year | |||
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| CEE 203 | 2 | CEE 1702 | 4 |
| ARCH 3435 | 4 | CEE 2907 | 3 |
| Writing Intensive Seminar6 | 3-4 | CEE Approved Elective4 | 3 |
| CEE Approved Elective4 | 3 | Architectural History/Theory Elective8 | 3-4 |
| CEE Approved Elective4 | 2-3 | ||
| 14-16 | 13-14 | ||
| Total Credits: 162-169 | |||
| 1 | Thirteen credits are needed to satisfy the RCEAS HSS requirements. The majority of these requirements are satisfied by ARCH/DES courses, most of which are designated as Humanities (HU). See catalog for full details of the RCEAS HSS requirements. |
| 2 | AE students must utilize their early registration time to register for a suitable lab section. |
| 3 | List of courses is available from CEE Department. |
| 4 | Seventeen CEE elective credits approved by the CEE department are required; three credits are satisfied by ARCH 343 Architectural Design IV. List of courses is available from CEE department. A maximum of 6 credits of the following courses (CEE 205 Design Problems, CEE 211 Research Problems, CEE 281 Special Topics & CEE 381 Special Topics) can be used towards the 17 credits of approved elective requirements. |
| 5 | Of 17 CEE approved elective credits required for Civil Engineering three credits are satisfied by ARCH 343 Architectural Design IV |
| 6 | The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) requires a junior writing intensive course (WI). This can be fulfilled by an appropriate choice of elective. |
| 7 | Multidisciplinary teaming versions of CEE 205 Design Problems or CEE 381 Special Topics can be substituted with departmental permission. |
| 8 | List of courses is available from AAD department |
