Is engineering at most colleges a 4-year or 5-year program?

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<p>Dumb question I know, but the reason I'm asking is because over here (in Lebanon), engineering is a 5-year program (inclusive of freshman year). So, is it a year shorter in the states or am i missing something?</p>

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<p>It's 4 years.</p>

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<p>including freshman right? making it freshman>soph.>junior>senior</p>

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<p>Right. Most engineering schools follow ABET guidelines to structure their program.</p>

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<p>Alright, thanks.</p>

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<p>At Dartmouth, it's five years. You get both a BA and a BS.</p>

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<p>Most places are 4-year, but some stretch it out to five because of co-ops, 3-2 programs (3 yrs at one school, two at another, get two degrees), BS/MS combined, etc.</p>

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<p>My school (a grinder) it's very hard to graduate in a straight 4.</p>

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<p>Most programs are designed to be 4 year programs, but most students (I would say about 55%) graduate in 4.5 to 5 years.</p>

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<p>If you fail a course, you might be able to retake it over the summer, depending on your school. I know it's something that's commonly done at a local college here, so many people still graduate in 4 years.</p>

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<p>It's not only failing a course that will set you off track, a lot of people do not like to overload courses to finish in 4 years. And sometimes it is a critical course that is only offered once year. For example, at my school (UF) Aerodynamics/Astrodynamics is only offered during the Spring term. These are tough courses and are prerequisites to your other AE Technical electives. If one happens to drop the course, then he/she will have to wait another year to take them again.</p>

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<p>I'm betting most kids take more than 4 years. Mostly because of co-ops.</p>

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<p>At my school it is 4 years but 5 if you don't come in with the proper preparation or if you miss one class in the sequence.</p>

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It's not only failing a course that will set you off track, a lot of people do not like to overload courses to finish in 4 years. And sometimes it is a critical course that is only offered once year. For example, at my school (UF) Aerodynamics/Astrodynamics is only offered during the Spring term. These are tough courses and are prerequisites to your other AE Technical electives. If one happens to drop the course, then he/she will have to wait another year to take them again.

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Aero is the same at my school. I'm in Mechanical though - the superior choice. :)</p>