Dual Degree Program

DUAL­ DEGREE PROGRAM BETWEEN ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

 

A student in this program will attend St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) for three (3) or four (4) academic years acquiring a minimum of 90 credit hours while completing requirements for a major at SMCM (although see section 1.e.i below for physics), and then will attend the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis for two (2) or three (3) academic years. After completing the requirements at Washington University in one of the programs listed below, the student will be awarded a bachelor’s degree by St. Mary’s and either a bachelor’s degree (2 years) or a bachelors and a master’s degree (3 years) by Washington University. Dual­ degree candidates from St. Mary’s may major in any of the following areas at Washington University: 

 

• Biomedical Engineering

• Chemical Engineering

• Computer Engineering

• Computer Science

• Electrical Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• System Science & Engineering

 

1. Requirements for dual­ degree students while at St. Mary’s:  

   1. Completion of a minimum of 90 transferable credit hours. A credit is transferable if the course is passed with a grade of C or above.

   2. Completion of the required courses in the Dual ­Degree Study Program (see section 3 below).  These courses count towards the total of the 90 transferable credits of section 1.a above.

   3. A minimum cumulative grade ­point average of 3.25 or above, both overall and in science and mathematics courses.

   4. A recommendation letter from the designated dual degree program advisor at St. Mary’s.

   5. Completion of the requirements for a major at St. Mary’s, as approved by the department chair. 

      1. Completion of the program at Washington University will satisfy the following requirements for the physics major, meaning that these courses do not have to be taken while at St. Mary’s:

         • PHYS311: Electronics

         • The elective course in physics

         • Both sections of PHYS475: Senior Seminar in Applied Physics

         • The research experience 

In addition, completion of the Electrical Engineering major at Washington University will also satisfy the physics major requirement for PHYS 351: Electricity & Magnetism.

Students in the dual degree program will get an automatic waiver of the St. Mary’s requirement that 30 of the last 36 credits for their degree be completed at St. Mary’s.

 

2. Requirements for dual ­degree students while at Washington University:

   1. Admission to the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, which is guaranteed if the student has met the requirements in section 1.a through 1.d, above.

   2. For the St. Mary’s degree: Completion of at 128 total credit hours, including credits earned both at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and at Washington University.  This requirement will automatically be met by the requirements of section 1.a above (90 transferable credit hours at St. Mary’s) and section 2.d below (approximately 60 hours at Washington University).

   3. For the St. Mary’s degree: Completion of at least 44 upper ­division credits, including credits earned both at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and at Washington University.

   4. For the Washington University degree(s): Completion of approximately 60 additional credit hours while at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, to be determined individually by the student and their Washington University advisor.

 

3. Required St. Mary’s Courses in Dual­ Degree Study Program, which count towards the required 90 transferable credit hours in 1.a:

   1. General requirements for admission to the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.  These courses are to be taken at St. Mary’s.

• CORE 101 or CORE 301: Seminar Skills

• Completion of CORE Distribution or CORE Inquiry 

  • The CORE courses must be divided as follows: At least 15 credits in the areas of Arts, Cultural Perspectives, Humanistic Foundations and Social Sciences. Of those 15 credits, at least 6 credits must be in Humanities Arts, Cultural Perspectives, and/or Humanistic Foundations.  In addition, of those 15 credits, at least 3 credits must be in Social Sciences

• CHEM 106: General Chemistry II and the corequisite lab

• COSC 120: Introduction to Computer Science

• MATH 151: Calculus I

• MATH 152: Calculus II

• MATH 255: Vector Calculus

• MATH 312: Differential Equations

• PHYS 151: Fundamentals of Physics I (recommended) or PHYS 141 General Physics I and the corequisite lab

• PHYS 152: Fundamentals of Physics II (recommended) or PHYS 142 General Physics II and the corequisite lab

• PHYS 251: Fundamentals of Physics III 

 

In addition, the following course is recommended, but not required

• MATH 256: Linear Algebra

 

2. Students who wish to major in biological engineering at Washington University should also take the following courses at St. Mary’s in addition to those courses listed in section 3.a above

• BIOL 105: Principles of Biology I and the corequisite lab

• BIOL 106: Principles of Biology II and the corequisite lab

• BIOL 270: Genetics and the corequisite lab

• BIOL 401: Developmental Biology and the corequisite lab

• One of the following:

• CHEM 305: Quantitative Analysis and the corequisite lab

• CHEM 306: Instrument Analysis and the corequisite lab

• CHEM 311: Organic Chemistry the corequisite lab

 

3. Students who wish to major in chemical engineering  at Washington University should also take the following courses at St. Mary’s in addition to those courses listed in section 3.a above

• BIOL 105: Principles of Biology I and the corequisite lab

• BIOL 401: Developmental Biology and the corequisite lab

• CHEM 311: Organic Chemistry I and the corequisite lab

• One of the following:

  • CHEM 305: Quantitative Analysis and the corequisite lab

  • CHEM 306: Instrument Analysis and the corequisite lab

 

In addition, the following courses are recommended, but not required

• CHEM 312: Organic Chemistry II and the corequisite lab

• CHEM 451: Physical Chemistry I and the corequisite lab

• ENST 250: Environmental Science

 

4. Students who wish to major in computer science or computer engineering  at Washington University should also take the following course at St. Mary’s in addition to those courses listed in section 3.a above

• COSC 130: Introduction to Computer Science II