BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHYSICS/COOPERATIVE
ENGINEERING TRACK (Suggested Six-Semester Sequence)
First Semester
PHYS150
Phys. Orien. (3)
MATH107 Pre-Calculus (4)
COMM107 Public Speaking (3)
ENGL101
Coll. Wrtg. Skill (3)
General Education (3)
TOTAL
16 sem. hrs.
Second Semester
PHYS203
Univ. Phys. I (4)
MATH112
Calculus I (4)
PHYS205
Phys. Meas. Lab (1)
ENGL102
Writ/Research (3)
General Education (3)
TOTAL
15 sem. hrs.
Third Semester
PHYS204
Univ. Phys. II (4)
MATH212 Calculus II (4)
CHEM160 Princ. Chem. I (4)
PHYS206
Phys. Meas. Lab (1)
General Education (3)
TOTAL
16 sem. hrs.
Fourth Semester
PHYS254
Modern Physics (3)
MATH213 Calculus III (4)
CHEM161 Princ. Chem. II (4)
ENGR201
Eng. Graph and Des. (3)
Advanced Physics Course (3)
TOTAL
17 sem. hrs.
Fifth Semester
ENGR203
Eng. Statics (3)
MATH317 Diff. Equa. (3)
MATH232 Matrix Alg. (3)
ECON220
Microecon. (3)
HPE Lecture (2)
Adv. Physics Course (2)
TOTAL
16 sem. hrs.
Sixth Semester
ENGR204
Eng. Dynamics (3)
PHYS449
Math. Methods of Phys. (3)
PHYS122 or 223 Electronics (4 or 3)
CSCI130
Prin. Prog I (3)
General Education (3)
HPE Activity (1)
TOTAL
17 or 16 sem. hrs.
Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
Secondary Education Physics
Please refer to the Secondary Education Department section for information
regarding the Secondary Physics program.
Professional Engineering Degrees
A Joint Program of Collegiate Education in the Liberal Arts and Engineering
at Edinboro University and Cooperating Universities.
Edinboro University and the Colleges of Engineering and Earth and Mineral
Sciences of The Pennsylvania State University, The Pennsylvania State
University-Behrend College, Case Institute of Technology of Case Western
Reserve University and the School of Engineering of the University of Pittsburgh
have established cooperative educational programs in liberal arts and engineering.
Three years or the equivalent will be spent by an enrolled student at Edinboro
University where he/she will study liberal arts subjects along with basic mathe-
matics, physics, chemistry and introductory engineering courses. After satisfacto-
ry completion of the Edinboro phase of the program and recommendation of the
director of the 3/2 Engineering Program, he/she will spend two years or the
equivalent at one of the cooperative universities, where he/she will complete the
engineering course requirements as specified by that institution. Successful com-
pletion of this program will lead to an appropriate baccalaureate degree from each
institution. Since the normal progression through the cooperative program will
consist of 3 years of study at Edinboro and 2 years of study of the cooperating
university, the program is called a 3/2 Program in Engineering. Case Western
Reserve University refers to their program as a Binary Program, but allows trans-
fer into curricula other than engineering. This cooperative program was created to
fulfill the following objectives:
1. To provide cooperatively a combination of liberal arts education of mathe-
matics, science, humanities and social sciences, followed by a professional
orientation in engineering that provides the student a unique preparation for a
career.
2. To allow a student whose choice of engineering as a career is not yet definite
to measure his/her aptitudes and interests in fundamental courses in both the
arts and the sciences.
3. To provide a student with a planned sequence of liberal arts courses which, if
completed successfully, would gain him/her acceptance at an engineering
school at times when applications to such schools might exceed their capaci-
ty.
4. To allow qualified students to receive both a liberal and technical education at
relatively low costs; and, in doing so, provide the Commonwealth and the
Nation with an ample number of well-educated engineers.
Counseling, admission and the transfer of students in this 3-2 cooperative pro-
gram are implemented through the following procedures and policies:
1. Application for admission to the program will be made to Edinboro University
where the candidate will be subject to the admission requirements of this insti-
tution.
2. A student will indicate his/her desire to follow the 3-2 program either at the
time of his/her admission to Edinboro or early enough in his/her program to
permit him/her to complete all required prerequisite courses. Results from
aptitude and achievement tests, records of scholastic achievement, and other
pertinent information will be exchanged between institutions to aid both in
guiding and counseling students and prospective students.
3. At the end of the second semester of the second year, a student applies to the
3/2 program director at Edinboro for recommendation for transfer by
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Recommendation by Edinboro
University will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress through the
Edinboro component of the program and anticipated quality grade point aver-
age required of the cooperating engineering institution. Case-Western Reserve
University and the Pennsylvania State University require a 3.0 quality point
average for transfer. Penn State-Behrend College requires a minimum quality
point average of 2.7 for transfer. The University of Pittsburgh requires a min-
imum quality point average of 2.5 to be considered. It is possible that indi-
vidual programs within each of these universities will require a higher quali-
ty point average than what is stated here.
4. The individual student should request an application from the 3/2 program
director at Edinboro or directly from the Admissions Office of the cooperat-
ing university of his/her choice in September of his/her third year at Edinboro.
The request from the cooperating university should include the statement that
the application is for the 3-2 program. The application should be submitted
promptly and no later than November 30.
5. All information and correspondence pertaining to student enrollment or trans-
fer in the 3-2 program will be channeled through the offices of the institution-
al representatives of the two universities involved in each transaction.
6. A student who meets the requirements for one of the following engineering
curricula, and is recommended and accepted for transfer, will be eligible to
enter the cooperating engineering school with the equivalent of first semester
junior standing. However, some engineering departments may require summer
attendance prior to the students first fall term at the cooperating university.
Pennsylvania State University
Case-Western Reserve University
Aerospace
Applied Physics
Agricultural
Astronomy
Ceramic Science
Biomedical
Chemical
Ceramics and Material Science
Civil
Chemical
Electrical+
Civil
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