
The Mathematics-Engineering program is a dual-degree program. A graduate from this five-year program earns two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics/Engineering from Saint Vincent College and a Bachelor of Science in a selected engineering discipline one of our partner schools:
Pennsylvania State University*
University of Pittsburgh
The Catholic University of America
The B.S. degree programs offered through partner schools include civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, industrial, mining, petroleum, aerospace, bioengineering, metallurgical and computer engineering.
This program is ideal for students who want to start their engineering education at a small college before transferring to a larger university. The small classes sizes and mentoring by Engineering faculty at Saint Vincent College will ensure that you have a strong foundation in engineering to succeed at a larger university. Graduates from this program tell us that they were well-prepared for their final two years of study at our partner institutions.
*As of the spring of 2015, Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Engineering Science (Honors Program), Environmental Systems Engineering, General Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and Mining Engineering are the majors available at Penn State.
Major Requirements (97 credits)
(11 of these satisfy Core Curriculum requirements)
The student must complete the requirements listed in the following categories:
Engineering, Math, and Science Requirements: at least 58 credits
ENGR 100 Introduction to Engineering - 2 credits
ENGR 222 Engineering Graphics and Design - 3 credits
ENGR 223 Statics - 3 credits
ENGR 224 Dynamics - 3 credits
Two ENGR electives; one elective can be CH 221/CH 223 Organic Chemistry I + Lab – at least 6 credits
CS 110 C++ Programming I (Pitt)
or CS 270 Introduction to Numerical Computation (Penn State) - 3 credits
MA 111 Calculus I - 4 credits
MA 112 Calculus II - 4 credits
MA 211 Calculus III - 4 credits
MA 212 Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations - 4 credits
MA 251 Linear Algebra - 3 credits
MA 311 Probability and Statistics - 3 credits
CH 101 General Chemistry I - 3 credits
CH 103 General Chemistry I Lab - 1 credit
CH 102 General Chemistry II - 3 credits
CH 104 General Chemistry II Lab - 1 credit
PH 111 General Physics I - 3 credits
PH 113 General Physics I Lab - 1 credit
PH 112 General Physics II - 3 credits
PH 114 General Physics II Lab - 1 credit
Core Curriculum Requirements: 39 credits*
EL 102 Language and Rhetoric - 3 credits
Any English course (Pitt) or EL 108 Technical Writing (Penn State) – 3 credits
EC 101 Microeconomics - 3 credits
Foreign Language (intermediate level) - 6 credits
History (100-level) course – 3 credits
History (200-level) course – 3 credits
Any Music or Fine Arts course - 3 credits
PL 101 First Philosophy - 3 credits
PL 215 Ethics (Pitt) or another philosophy course - 3 credits
Social Science elective; CA 120 Public Presentation (Required for Penn State) - 3 credits - 3 credits
TH 119 First Theology - 3 credits
Theology elective - 3 credits
* There are 50 credit hours of Core Curriculum requirements, but 11 of those are satisfied by the Math and Science courses listed below.
Fall
ENGR 100 Introduction to Engineering - 2 credits
MA 111 Calculus I - 4 credits
CH 101 General Chemistry I - 3 credits
CH 103 General Chemistry I Laboratory - 1 credit
Core 1400 Listening Seminar - 3 credits
Spring
ENGR 115 Introduction to Engineering Computation or CS 110 C++ Programming I - 3 credits
MA 112 Calculus II - 4 credits
PH 111 General Physics I - 3 credits
PH 113 General Physics I Laboratory - 1 credit
Core 1500 Core Writing - 3 credits
Mathematics-Engineering Program Objectives
The program, in conjunction with the Saint Vincent College liberal arts emphasis and its core curriculum, has the following education objectives:
To ensure that our Mathematics-Engineering students attain the program educational objectives, the curriculum of the program is designed so that students have the following abilities at the time of transfer to the cooperating engineering institution:
Saint Vincent College is affiliated with the following Schools of Engineering: