Concordia College Engineering and Architecture

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Engineering and Architecture

Concordia College offers preengineering and prearchitecture programs in collaboration with North Dakota State University. The bachelor of science degree in engineering, engineering technology or environmental design, or a bachelor of architecture degree is awarded by NDSU. Majors available through the fully accredited programs include architecture, landscape architecture (five-year program), agricultural and biosystems engineering, civil engineering, construction management and engineering, environmental design, electrical and electronics engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, and others. A nonaccredited degree is available in aeromanufacturing engineering technology.

Students ordinarily fulfill general liberal arts requirements and basic science requirements in their first two years at Concordia before beginning two or three years of intensive study in engineering, or three to four years in architecture at NDSU. In the first two years, students may register for some courses at NDSU through the Tri-College University exchange program (see page 45). Students are encouraged to continue in the Tri-College course exchange program after transferring to NDSU (typically after the sophomore year). Please note that in order to be eligible for financial aid, students must be enrolled full time at one institution. Students who graduate from the engineering or architecture program and in addition complete Concordia requirements may also receive a B.A. from Concordia with a major in applied science (engineering) or applied art (architecture). The major course requirements are defined by NDSU, and Concordia regulations for a B.A. degree are applied. To receive a B.A. from Concordia, students must attend Concordia for two years, and must complete the two religion courses, integration requirement and at least two of the core distribution courses at Concordia. See the Core Curriculum section of the catalog for core requirements.

Engineering students also have the option of participating in a cooperative three-two program with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In this five-year program, students spend their first three years at Concordia taking courses in physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer programming and the liberal arts. They finish the program by spending the next two years at Washington University taking engineering and applied sciences courses. Upon successful completion of the program requirements, students receive a baccalaureate degree from Concordia and one of seven undergraduate degrees from Washington University: chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, engineering and policy, mechanical engineering, or systems science and mathematics.

The professional degrees available through the program are all accredited by the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology and meet the degree portion of the requirements for registration as a professional engineer.

Students who hold undergraduate degrees without a major in architecture may complete a master of architecture degree at Washington University in a minimum of three years (including one summer). This constitutes a four-three program, the first four years of which result in a B.A. degree from Concordia.

Included here is a typical two-year program of basic science and liberal arts requirements for students who intend to transfer to NDSU to complete an engineering degree after spending two years at Concordia. Students of architecture must begin classes in architecture at NDSU through Tri-College no later than the second year.

Advisers

Bryan A. Luther
Mark W. Gealy

Typical Two-Year Curriculum for Preengineering

FRESHMAN YEAR	SOPHOMORE YEAR
Discourse 101, 102; 103, 109	Religion 100
Principia 101	Physics 224, 226
Mathematics 121, 122	Chemistry 127, 128
Physics 128, 211, or Physics 111, 112	Mathematics 210, 223
Physical Education 111	Physical Education 112
Elective or Distribution Requirement	Elective or Distribution Requirement