Academics

Degrees Offered


B.S. in AP, AM, or MSE


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Combined Plan Progam


3-2 Combined Plan Progam

Columbia Engineering’s 3-2 Combined Plan program for the B.A. and B.S. is designed to provide students with the opportunity to receive both a B.A. degree from an affiliated liberal arts college and a B.S. degree from Columbia Engineering in five years. Students complete the requirements for the liberal arts degree along with a pre-engineering course of study in three years at their college and then complete two years at Columbia. Admission to Columbia Engineering at the end of the junior year is likely for those students who have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better; are recommended by the liaison officer; and have completed the appropriate preparation successfully.


The 4-1 Program at Columbia College

Students who are admitted as first-year students to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and subsequently complete the four-year program for the bachelor of science degree, have the opportunity to apply for admission to either Columbia College or Barnard College and, after one additional year of study, receive the Bachelor of Arts degree.

The program will be selective, and admission will be based on the following factors: granting of the B.S. at SEAS at the end of the fourth year; fulfillment of the College Core requirements by the end of the fourth year at SEAS; a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the College Core and other courses; and the successful completion of any prerequisites for the College major or concentration.

Interested students should contact their Advising Center for further information.

For more information, please see: Combined Plan Program

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Undergraduate Minor in AP, AM, or MSE


Minor in Applied Physics

Prospective students should consult the first- and second-year requirements for applied physics majors to ensure that prerequisites for the applied physics minor are satisfied in the first two years. Course work counting toward the applied physics minor may not include advanced placement credits.

  1. APPH E4901: Seminar: problems in applied physics 1.0 points

  2. PHYS W3003: Mechanics 3.0 points

  3. APPH E3100: Introduction to quantum mechanics 3.0 points

  4. APPH E3300: Applied electromagnetism 3.0 points

  5. MSAE E3111: Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics 3.0 points

  6. Two of the following courses:



Minor in Applied Mathematics

Prospective students should consult the first- and second-year requirements for applied mathematics majors to ensure that prerequisites for the applied
mathematics minor are satisfied in the first two years.

Course work counting toward the applied mathematics minor may not include advanced placement credits. Any substitutions for the courses listed below require the approval of the applied mathematics program adviser.

  1. APMA E3101: Linear algebra 3.0 points or
    MATH V2010:     Linear algebra 3.0 points

  2. APMA E3102: Partial differential equations 3.0 points or
    MATH V3028    : Partial differential equations 3.0 points

  3. - 5. Any three of the following courses:

    • APPH E4301: Introduction to plasma physics 3.0 points

    • APMA E4300: Introduction to numerical methods 3.0 points

    • APMA E4204: Functions of a complex variable 3.0 points

    • APMA E4101: Introduction to: dynamical systems 3.0 points

    • MATH V2500: Analysis and optimization 3.0 points

    • SIEO W4105: Probability 3.0 points

    • STAT W4107: Statistical inference 3.0 points

    • or any other course designated APMA, MATH, STAT, IEOR, or COMS that is approved by the applied mathematics program adviser.

 

Minor in Materials Science and Engineering

  1. MSAE E3103: Elements of materials science 3.0 points

  2. - 3. Two of the following courses:
    • MSAE E3111: Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics 3.0 points or

    • CHEN E3010: Principles of chemical engineering thermodynamics 3.0 points

    • MSAE E3141: Processing of metals and semiconductors 3.0 points

    • MSAE E3142: Processing of ceramics and polymers 3.0 points

    • MSAE E4206: Electronic and magnetic properties of solids 3.0 points

    • MSAE E4101: Structural analysis of materials 3.0 points


4. – 6. Three of the following courses

(other materials-related courses may be acceptable):
    • APPH E4100: Quantum physics of matter 3.0 points

    • CHEE E4050: Industrial and environmental electrochemistry 3.0 points

    • CHEE E4252: Introduction to surface and colloid chemistry 3.0 points

    • CHEE E4530: Corrosion of metals 3.0 points

    • CHEE E4620: Introduction to polymer science 3.0 points

    • CHEN E4630: Polymer laboratory 3.0 points

    • CHEM C3443-C3444: Organic chemistry 3.5 points

    • EAEE E4900: Applied transport and chemical rate phenomena 3.0 points

    • ELEN E3106: Solid-state devices and materials 3.5 points

    • ELEN E4411: Fundamentals of photonics 3.0 points

    • ELEN E4301: Introduction to semiconductor devices 3.0 points

    • ELEN E4944: Principles of device microfabrication 3.0 points

    • ENME E4113: Advanced mechanics of solids 3.0 points

    • ENME E4114: Mechanics of fracture and fatigue 3.0 points

    • MECE E4608: Manufacturing processes 3.0 points

    • MECE E4701: Introductory biomechanics 3.0 points
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