<p>I posted this somewhere before, but got very few replies. So here goes.</p>
<p>I'm interested in architecture, but from personal experience working in cosntruction/arch that it means nothing to know how to design when you don't know how it will work. That's why I'm looking into dual degree programs for arch/archeng. I've looked around, and have found only one undergrad program. This is at UT Austin, where they offer an integrated dual degree arch archeng professional program, giving you a BSE and Barch. I'm looking for programs like this.</p>
<p>Now here's a few issues.
I know UT offers an integrated dual degree. I'm assuming this will allow students to intertwine both studues somehow, as oppsoed to taking two different sets of courses for each major. Would you find this kind of thing in Princeton, say a undergrad Barch and BSE?</p>
<p>What's a dual degrre program as opposed to a dual major?</p>
<p>Essentially, I'd like to find out which colleges offer any sort of dual degree program for arch/archeng.</p>
<p>Cannot really help on which colleges have such a dual degree program (one you might want to check Illinois Institute of Technology). The usual differences between a dual major and dual degree program:</p>
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<li><p>Universities are usually divided up into colleges -- Engineering college, liberal arts & science college, business college, sometimes architect college, others. Each college is somewhat of an autonomous unit. </p></li>
<li><p>At many of those universities, a dual major is something you can do within one college, although there is some allowed overlap between colleges, but often if you want two majors that are in different colleges then you have to pursue a dual degree program and get a degree awarded by each college. That seems to be the case with Texas. A dual degree program, in relation to a dual major program, can often be more difficult to (a) get into, and (b) complete. Both colleges must agree to admit you and then you have to meet all the basic requirements of each college, e.g., one college may require more gen ed and language courses than another and require other non-major courses that the other college does not (and vice versa) and you need to meet the requirements of both colleges and to do so can mean going an extra year or more to college.</p></li>
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<p>It sounds like you want an undergraduate program that is both professionally accredited in architecture (BArch degree, which normally takes five years) and professionally accredited in architectural or structural engineering (BSE degree, which normally takes four years). Unfortunately, there is no easy way to combine two such rigorous programs. UT's program does lead to both BArch and BSE degrees, but note that it is a six-year program. That's a long time to be an undergraduate.</p>
<p>Rather than getting two professional bachelor's degrees, yu might consider getting a professional bachelor's followed by a professional master's (e.g. BSE followed by MArch, or BArch followed by MSE). Again, it would probably take about six, maybe seven, years, but the options would be much greater.</p>
<p>Aside from UT, I don't know of any other combined BArch/BSE degrees. You certainly can't do it at Princeton, because Princeton doesn't even offer the BArch degree (they have a 4-year BA in architecture, but this is not an accredited professional degree like the 5-year BArch). However, you could do the BSE/MArch route at Princeton.</p>