Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

Degree Program Sample Schedule Concentrations

Engineering Advising Center

1001 Lurie Engineering Center (LEC)
Phone: (734) 647-7106
Fax: (734) 647-7126
http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/advising

Degree Program

Students with interdisciplinary goals devise a program option based on the course offerings of various departments in the College and elsewhere in the University. These programs may be one of the following:

1. A pre-professional or pre-graduate program. The student chooses, for example, a pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-public administration, pre-business administration, pre-bioengineering, or pre-public systems engineering option. Most B.S. (Engineering) students have an option in one of these areas.
2. An interdepartmental College-wide program. The student crosses traditional boundaries in technical disciplines to study in areas such as manufacturing, integrated transportation systems, or technical communication. Before considering an option in one of the areas, students should investigate the possibilities in departmental programs.
3. An interdisciplinary University-wide program. The student combines studies in the mathematical and physical sciences, the social sciences, natural resources, business administration, architecture, or industrial design with complementary studies in engineering. Most students obtain combined or dual degrees when they choose an option in one of these areas.

Students are able to pursue these goals by choosing from advanced courses in other fields and colleges as well as in engineering.

Program Design

Each student is asked to define his or her own educational goals and to design a program with the advice of the program advisor. It is very important to choose a
purposeful sequence of advanced engineering concentration courses to complement an integrated sequence of program option courses. Together these form a "major."

Such a program, however, results from the student's own decisions. Since there is no structure of prerequisite and required courses in the junior and senior years, within the constraints explained below, this program is flexible and allows considerable freedom to choose courses.

The outline of studies demonstrates the well-rounded college education provided by the Interdisciplinary Engineering Program. Few degree programs in any university allow such a balanced distribution of science, mathematics, social science, humanities, and engineering courses.

Note: The combined hours for Engineering Science and Engineering Concentration courses must total at least 40 hours.

Sample Schedule

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