Adviser: Fred Moore
Whitman College is associated with Caltech, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University, the Duke University School of Engineering, the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Washington School of Engineering in combined programs for liberal education in engineering and computer science. In addition, with consultation and approval from the Engineering and Computer Science Program adviser and the program’s advisory committee, students may be able to arrange individual programs combining liberal education with study in engineering or computer science at another nonassociated but ABET-accredited department of engineering and/or computer science.
Typically the combined plans require five years of study. The first three years are spent at Whitman College, and the last two years are spent at the engineering school, where the student completes courses in computer science or one of the branches of engineering. At the University of Washington and at nonaffiliated institutions, more than two years may be necessary to complete the second phase of the combined plan program. Students who transfer to Whitman as candidates for the combined plan must complete a minimum of two years in residence at Whitman and satisfy appropriate modifications of the requirements outlined below. In the combined plan, two degrees are awarded upon successful completion of the program: the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with major in Natural and Mathematical Sciences or NMS, by Whitman College and the degree of Bachelor of Science, with major in computer science or a field of engineering, by the transfer institution. The requirements for the combined plan are given below in the section titled NMS Major Requirements. Also note the information in the section titled Notes and Cautions.
The combined plans in liberal arts and engineering or computer science require careful scheduling. Students who are interested in chemical, mineral, metallurgical, or biomedical engineering should take Chemistry 140 (or 125, 126, 135, and 136) and calculus during their first year. Students who are interested in other branches of engineering or in computer science should take Physics 155 or 165 and 156 or 166 and calculus during their first year. Also, students should consult with Mr. Moore in their first year at Whitman and regularly thereafter to ensure that they are making proper progress in the program.
Students must declare an NMS major before the end of their fourth semester in residence at Whitman in order to be eligible to transfer to another institution to complete the program. (Transfer students must declare an NMS major before the end of their second semester in residence at Whitman.) Students will have Mr. Moore as major adviser but may need to consult with professors in science departments.
The NMS major, intended only for students in the 3-2 Engineering and Computer Science Program, has the following requirements.
Normally, students interested in a branch of engineering closely related to physics choose (a); students interested in chemical engineering choose (b); students interested in computer science choose (c); and students interested in biomedical engineering choose either (a) or (b), depending on the intended subfield and transfer institution.
Additional mathematics and/or science courses are recommended. For example, Mathematics 367 offers techniques useful in most fields of engineering; Physics 335 is an essential prerequisite for students interested in electrical engineering; and statics (at another college or university) and Physics 347 are important prerequisites for students interested in civil or mechanical engineering.
(4) Complete the requirements for a degree in computer science or a field engineering at one of the affiliated institutions — Caltech, Columbia University, Duke University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Washington — or in any other ABET-accredited program in the United States.
Adviser: Patrick Frierson (Philosophy)
Whitman College is associated with Columbia University in an accelerated, interdisciplinary program that allows students to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Whitman and a juris doctor degree from Columbia after successful completion of a combined program requiring six years rather than seven.
After spending three years in residence at Whitman in any of the liberal arts, the student will enroll not only in law courses at Columbia but also, after the first year of regular law courses, in other professional or graduate-level courses selected in consultation with Whitman College.
Columbia is one of the nation’s most selective law schools. The program is thus designed for students with high academic credentials, combined with qualities of leadership and maturity that show promise for outstanding professional service.
Requirements for satisfactory completion of the bachelor’s degree portion of this combined program are determined by Whitman. Requirements which should be completed during the first three years in order to qualify as an applicant are set forth in guidelines available in the office of the prelaw advisers. It is important to study these requirements, as well as those of the student’s contemplated field of major study, as early in the years at Whitman as possible. Planning is essential and needs to be started either late in the first year or early in the sophomore year.
Students must formally communicate their interest in being considered for the Whitman-Columbia Program in Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education early in the first semester of their junior year by notifying the prelaw advisers. In the spring of his or her junior year, each candidate for nomination to the program submits to the Whitman College Pre-Law Committee a letter of application, a copy of their transcript, their scores on the Law School Admissions Test (note that students will need to register for the February LSAT in early January), and letters of recommendation from two faculty members. In addition, the candidate undergoes an interview by the committee. During the process, the Pre-Law Committee will consult with Columbia Law School. If the candidate is successful, the nomination is formally forwarded to Columbia which will, in turn, send application materials to the nominee. Acceptance at Columbia will depend upon a number of factors, of which scores on the LSAT and grade-point average are but partial criteria.
Advisers: Robert Carson, Heidi Dobson
Whitman College has an association with the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, Durham, N.C.
The Cooperative College Program is designed to coordinate the education of students at Whitman College with graduate programs in the broad area of resources and environment offered at Duke University. Participating students are accepted into either of two degree programs, the Master of Forestry (M.F.) or the Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.). The cooperative program is designed to accommodate students after three years of study at Whitman or upon graduation from Whitman. Duke requires applicants to take the Graduate Record Exam (general test without any advanced subject tests) in October or December of the year prior to the desired year of entrance. Those students who complete the necessary qualifications and who choose to enter Duke after three years may qualify for one of the professional master’s degrees with four semesters at Duke, in which at least 48 credits are earned. Upon completion of the requirements of the Duke program, the student will be awarded the B.A. degree in the appropriate field by Whitman College.
A third option also is available in which a student may enter one of the above two degree programs plus the School of Business; three years of study for concurrent degrees at Duke will earn the Master of Business Adminis-tration (M.B.A.) degree in addition to the M.F. or M.E.M.
The major for the Whitman degree will be biology or geology, depending on the courses taken at Whitman.
The specific requirements to be completed at Whitman College are as follows:
Adviser: Michelle Janning
A 3-2 agreement with the Monterey Institute of International Studies allows Whitman students to complete the bulk of their undergraduate education in our liberal arts environment and then complete pre-professional work at MIIS.
Students apply for entry to the 3-2 program at the beginning of the first semester of their junior year and are considered eligible if they have completed a minimum of 62 credits, of which at least 30 were earned in residence at Whitman, with a grade-point average of 3.3 or better in both the major and overall. Competency in a second language is expected. By the end of the junior year, students will have completed a total of 93 credits, of which 54 were earned in residence at Whitman; all general studies requirements and the second language requirements have been met; most requirements for the major (as determined by the major department in question) have been completed; and the 3.3 GPA requirement has been met in both the major and overall. Major departments are permitted to waive up to eight credits in the major where they feel that MIIS offers comparable or suitable courses. Successful students will receive a Whitman B.A. upon receipt of any master’s degree at MIIS.
Advisers: Paul H. Yancey, Patrick Spencer
Whitman College is associated with the School of Oceanography of the University of Washington in a program for liberal education in biological or geological oceanography. The plan requires five years of study; the first three years are spent at Whitman College and the last two years at the University of Washington, where the student takes courses in oceanography and biology or geology. Students who transfer to Whitman College as candidates for the combined plan must complete a minimum of two years in residence at Whitman College and complete appropriate modifications of the requirements outlined below. In the combined plan, two degrees are awarded upon successful completion: the degree of Bachelor of Arts by Whitman College and the degree of Bachelor of Science in Oceanography by the University of Washington. The degree from Whitman College will be in biology or geology, depending on the courses taken as specified below.
Students who are recommended by Whitman will enter the admissions process of the University of Washington. In order to secure a recommendation from Whitman, a student must satisfy the following requirements during his or her three years at Whitman:
This plan requires careful scheduling. Students must declare one of these majors by the end of their fourth semester in residence at Whitman College (transfer students must declare at the end of their second semester in residence at Whitman College). It is strongly recommended that interested students consult with one of the program advisers starting in their first year, then consult regularly thereafter to ensure that they are making proper progress in the program.
Adviser: Kay Fenimore-Smith
University of Puget Sound Cooperative 4-1 Program: Whitman College is associated with the University of Puget Sound School of Education in a cooperative 4-1 Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) certification program. Upon completion of a Whitman baccalaureate degree, students who have applied to the program and met program requirements are admitted to the School of Education for a fifth year of study culminating in a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree and a Washington State Teaching Certificate.
Whitman also maintains contact with other Northwest colleges that offer MAT programs. See education department faculty for more information.
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