<p>Hello--
In looking at colleges, my S is considering chemistry major vs chemical engineering major.
Questions--
If he just majors in chemistry--thus opening up more LACs as possible schools--what can he do with it? Specifically, could he pick up the ChemE degress afterward, in graduate school? ??
Also, does anyone know which schools offer the 3/4 or 4/5 option, like at Grinnell, where you can pick up the engineering degree by going to college an extra year at an engineering school?
Thanks much!</p>
<p>Although I will enter my college this fall, I chose chemistry as my major because it is very broad major and one could pursue an incredible variety of educational and career paths with one. You could go the purist route, if you want to be a chemist. An alternative would be the chemical engineering major which would give you a deeper understanding of chemistry than a chemical engineering major would. You could even go towards the medical field, such as physicians, etc. </p>
<p>As for your degree questions, I can’t really answer them. However, I am also interested in what others have to say. I’ll watch this thread closely. Good luck!</p>
<p>Whitman College also offers combined programs in conjunction with several prestigious institutions throughout the United States:
3-2 programs in engineering with California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Duke University; University of Washington, and Washington University. </p>
<p>"A 3-2 program is a formal double degree undergraduate program run by two separate colleges or universities. In such a program, a student studies for three years at one school followed by two years at the other school. The student is awarded two bachelor’s degrees at the end of the five-year period, one from each school, and generally of different types (e.g., a B.A. and a B.S.). Typically the first school is a liberal arts college and the second is a university offering an engineering program.</p>
<p>The term is occasionally applied to a situation wherein a person earns two degrees from separate colleges of the same university. A fifth year of study is usually required in such a case, but the student spends all five years at one institution."</p>
<p>Most on CC discourage putting your hopes into those programs since admission is usually very limited and not likely.</p>
<p>Williams and Lawrence are another two with 3/2 programs, but google 3-2 programs and you’ll come up with many. Here are ones that work with Case Western (they call them binary programs): [Office</a> of Engineering Student Programs: Binary Program](<a href=“http://www.oesp.case.edu/binary/schools.htm]Office”>http://www.oesp.case.edu/binary/schools.htm)
Ones that work with USC: [USC</a> - Viterbi School of Engineering - 3-2 Engineering Program](<a href=“http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/transfer/threetwo.htm]USC”>http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/transfer/threetwo.htm)
About Williams: [3-2</a> - Willipedia](<a href=“http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/3-2]3-2”>3-2 - Willipedia)</p>