Programs Design your own 3+2 physics+eng degree?

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Creating a 3-2 engineering program at a school that lacks one involves a structured approach where students spend three years at a liberal arts college, completing a Bachelor of Arts while also fulfilling lower division engineering prerequisites such as general chemistry, calculus, and physics. After this initial phase, students transfer to an engineering school for two additional years to complete their upper division engineering coursework. This arrangement typically requires collaboration between the liberal arts institution and the engineering college, allowing students to earn both degrees in five years. Programs like Columbia's engineering school exemplify this model, emphasizing the importance of a clear agreement between the two educational institutions.
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Anyone with experience creating one for yourself at your school that doesn't have this program?
 
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Are you talking about a double major in engineering and physics?
 
i thought 3-2 programs were along the lines of:

spend 3 years doing a B.A. at a liberal arts college in some field (could be physics... could be art history). at the same time, you do all the lower division courses for engr school (gen chem, calc, physics, etc)

after those 3 years, you enroll at an engr college for an engr degree (Columbia has a large program with its Flu school of engr) and spend 2 years doing your upper div engr classes like any other engr major.

at the end of 5 years, you get both degrees. these programs typically work on the arrangement between the engr school and the liberal arts school.
 

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