Multiple Degrees, Residency
Multiple Engineering Degrees (residency issue)
Residency Requirement
[Applies to all B.S. degree programs]
Requirements:
Complete a minimum of 30 units of 300-level or higher courses from the School, while matriculated in the School. Students in the B.S. in Physics program may count 200-level or higher Physics courses toward this requirement for the B.S. in Physics degree, and students in the Biomedical Engineering program may count 200-level or higher biology courses toward this requirement for the B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. An engineering course transferring form an exchange program sanctioned by the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) may be counted as a SEAS equivalent course for the purpose of satisfying this requirement.
Comments:
Note that this requirement says nothing about when the resident courses must be taken (there is nothing in the requirement that says "the last 30 units").
The actual requirement is tied to your major: For all majors except Physics and the Biomedical majors, only 3++ level courses coded "Exx" count; for Physics majors, all 3++ level "Exx" and all 2++ level "L31" courses count, and for Biomedical Engineering majors, all 3++ level "Exx" and all 2++ level "L41" courses count.
Multiple majors/degrees: For each major (in Engineering, a second engineering major is the same as a second B.S. engineering degree) from the School, these 30 resident units must include at least 15 units of courses that:
* Are not included in any Common Studies requirement, and
* Are specifically listed as "required" or "elective" or "optional" for the specific degree programs, and
* Are not used to satisfy this residency requirement for any other B.S. degree from the School
Comments:
In essence, this requirement states that for each major (B.S. degree) there must be at least 15 units of courses that are unique and used only to satisfy this degree. Example: You seek to complete both the B.S. in Electrical Engineering and the B.S. in Computer Science. Each of these programs requires 120 units. To earn BOTH degrees, this requirement says you need:
15 upper-level units of EE courses [specified as "required," "optional," "elective" and not in the Common Studies Program] may not be counted in any way for the B.S.C.S. program, and
15 upper-level units of CS courses [specified as "required," "optional," "elective" and not in the Common Studies Program] may not be counted in any way for the B.S.E.E. program.
Our faculty have specifically forbidden any engineering student from earning the three degrees combination: B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Computer Engineering, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering.