Besides offering degree programs in electrical and mechanical engineering, the University of St. Thomas offers a choice of pre-engineering programs to provide the student with a broad range of engineering fields. The program prepares for all engineering fields which include: aeronautical, aerospace, agricultural, architecture, biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, engineering science, geological, industrial, materials science, mechanical, metallurgical, mineral and nuclear.

The programs of study are arranged so that a student may transfer to an engineering school with a maximum number of acceptable credits and yet, if a change in major is made while at the university, a maximum number of credits will be applicable to the St. Thomas requirements for graduation. In addition to the liberal arts, courses prerequisite to an engineering school program are available in areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer programming, and engineering. There are few significant differences in courses taken in the first two years of undergraduate study toward any type of engineering field. All pre-engineering students take mathematics, physics, and chemistry courses, along with a seminar introducing them to the various fields of engineering and to the work of engineers.

A Liberal Arts-Engineering (3-2) program is offered formally in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Minnesota, and informally with virtually any other engineering chool. The student will normally spend three years at St. Thomas and, upon approval of St. Thomas and acceptance by the engineering school, two additional years at the engineering school in an engineering field. Upon satisfying the requirements for graduation of both institutions, the student will receive a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree from the University of St. Thomas and a bachelor of science degree in the selected field of engineering from the engineering school.

A four-year (4-2) program is offered formally in cooperation with the University of Minnesota, and informally with virtually any other engineering school. The student normally spends four years at St. Thomas and graduates with a major in Physic, Mathematics, Chemistry, or Quantitative Methods and Computer Science. The student then enters a masters or bachelors program at an engineering school.

A two-year (2-2) program is offered in which the student normally spends two years at St. Thomas (although transfer may be initiated at any time) and two years in a selected engineering field at an engineering school. No St.Thomas degree is awarded.

For all these programs, students are strongly encouraged to discuss with a pre-engineering adviser their own individual program. Each student, field, and school has different needs and requirements.

Liberal Arts – Engineering Program

CHEM 111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)

CHEM 112 General Chemistry II (4 credits)

ENGR 150 Introduction to Engineering (0 credit)

ENGR 151 Introduction to Engineering Design (1 credit)

MATH 113 Calculus I (4 credits)

MATH 114 Calculus II (4 credits)

MATH 200 Multi-Variable Calculus (4 credits)

MATH 210 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (4 credits)

PHYS 111 Introduction to Classical Physics I (4 credits)

PHYS 112 Introduction to Classical Physics II (4 credits)

QMCS 230 Software Design Using the JAVA Language (4 credits)

At least three additional courses are required. Which technical courses are needed will depend upon the field of engineering.

Students must discuss their program with a pre-engineering adviser.