Cooperative Program in Engineering

In cooperation with Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Connecticut, and Stevens Institute of Technology, Fairfield University provides a five-year engineering program that emphasizes both liberal education and professional preparation. The program yields a Bachelor of Science from Fairfield University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the partner institution where the student completed the engineering curriculum.

The curriculum for the three years of study at Fairfield University is as follows:

Special Requirements:

•  MA 311 Partial Differential Equations is strongly recommended for students in the 3/2 Program.

•  Students who intend to major in electrical or computer engineering must take a C++ or Java programming course and CR 245/EE 245 Digital Electronics Design I.

• Students who intend to major in chemical engineering must take CH 12 and CH 12L Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Lab.

• Columbia University requires one semester of economics.

• The University of Connecticut has a foreign language requirement that may be fulfilled at Fairfield or on the UConn campus.

•  Students who intend to transfer to Columbia, RPI, or Stevens must also take thermodynamics (ME 241/ PS 241) and, if possible, PS 285 Modern Physics.