Undergraduates.

Dual Majors with EE or ECE.

Engineering students may choose to complete the requirements for a dual major in engineering, or a major or minor in arts and sciences. (Minors are not offered in engineering.) Students completing a second major or a minor will receive a single BSE degree, with the transcript indicating all majors and minors. This is true even if the second major or the minor is from a department in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, or if the student initially enrolled in Trinity College.

Engineering students declare dual majors and minors by completing a form available in the Engineering Dean's Office. Normally engineering students declare their major program in the middle of their Sophomore year. If a dual major, or a minor, is anticipated, it should be declared at the same time, or as soon thereafter as practical.

Computer programs generated by the University Registrar help students and advisors track the completion of course requirements for the majors and minors, but it is ultimately the student's obligation to determine the requirements for all majors and minors, and to ensure that the requirements for each are met. Questions about requirements should be addressed to the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) for each major and minor department.

Sample single-major programs are described elsewhere in this Guide. Sample programs with dual majors are described here.

Dual majors with Biomedical Engineering (BME), Computer Science (COMPSCI), Mathematics (MATH) and Physics (PHYSICS) have been popular options for EE majors; dual majors with Biomedical Engineering (BME), Computer Science (COMPSCI), Mathematics (MATH), and Physics (PHYSICS) have been popular for ECE majors; and a dual major in Electrical Engineering has been popular for BME students. Sample dual-major programs for these examples are illustrated in this Guide. The illustrated programs meet the current general requirements for a BSE degree at Duke, the requirements for the EE or ECE program, and known requirements for the second major. Requirements do change, so students wishing to pursue dual majors should verify current requirements with the DUS of the second-major department at the time they declare their majors. A dual major in EE and ECE is not permitted; students interested in an electrical engineering program must choose either EE or ECE.

Although both are rigorous programs, the BME/EE dual major has fewer required courses than the BME/ECE program, and is expected to be elected more often by students. The EE/COMPSCI and ECE/COMPSCI dual-major programs are very similar; the ECE/COMPSCI dual major is expected to be elected more often than EE/COMPSCI.

In several cases the number of courses required for a dual major is less than the number of courses that would be required if each major were pursued independently. Common-credit courses have been negotiated by the involved departments. Students wishing to substitute courses for those listed in the sample programs should consult the DUS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the DUS in the second department to verify that the substitutions meet the intent of the combined program.

The two-course sequences cited in the sample programs should be selected from the set of sequence courses spelled out in the EE or ECE major programs, with the caveats there noted.