Three-Plus-Two (Dual Degree) Program With Xavier, SUNO, Loyola, Dillard

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Program Outline
The University of New Orleans has established a cooperative dual degree program in physics/engineering. The program is five years in length and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the cooperating university and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from UNO. Students attend the cooperating university for three years, majoring in physics, and then transfer to UNO for two additional years, concentrating in one of the four professional engineering degree programs: civil, electrical, mechanical, or naval architecture and marine engineering. Students are awarded the two baccalaureate degrees upon completion of the five-year program.

Program Requirements
During the first three years of the program the student takes humanities, social science, basic arts and science courses. The student is then eligible to pursue UNO's B.S. degree curricula in engineering. Registration, in writing, at the UNO College of Engineering is required. Students will not be permitted to graduate under catalogs dated prior to the date of actual written UNO registration. At the time of registration the student will receive advising necessary to complete the program. The student must be admitted to UNO and to the College of Engineering (not pre-engineering) for the last 60 hours of the engineering degree. Cross-registered courses taken before admission to the College of Engineering do not count in the 60 hours. Students not admitted before the last 60 hours will be considered transfer students, not as dual degree program students.

All dual degree students must complete ENGL 1158 with a grade of "C" or better. Additionally, all students must pass the appropriate English proficiency exam before being awarded a degree at either university. General degree requirements must be completed before the baccalaureate degrees can be awarded. For details, contact the College of Engineering office.

Credits
Credits will be mutually accepted. Engineering courses completed at UNO will be counted, in part, as electives in the physics program, and physics courses taken will be counted, in part, as electives in the UNO engineering programs. To be eligible for UNO's B.S. degree curricula in engineering, junior-year students must have a 2.5 overall grade-point average (on a 4-point system). Students must earn a grade of 2.0 or better at UNO in all science and mathematics courses, a 2.0 or better in UNO engineering courses, and a 2.0 or better in all courses taken during the last 60 hours of courses offered for degrees.

Contact
For further information, contact Dr. Norm Whitley, Associate Dean for Student and Undergraduate Affairs at (504) 280-7120.