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Students entering the University of Dallas (UD) as physics majors have the opportunity to pursue a cooperative degree in electrical engineering through the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Electrical Engineering Department. The dual degree program is designed for the well-prepared student to be able to complete two degrees, a B.A. in physics from UD and an electrical engineering degree from UTA, in five years. The program is rather unique in that students take classes from both institutions beginning in their freshman year. This allows students to establish early in their undergraduate education that they desire to be an electrical engineer with a firm grasp of the Western intellectual tradition, to have extensive reading and writing abilities, and to understand the physical nature of our world, which are characteristics offered by the completion of the physics degree and core curriculum at UD. This dual degree program also offers the liberally educated UD student the opportunity to understand the advances in technology noted on the UTA electrical engineering webpage, "more than ever, electrical engineering demands a multidisciplinary approach to address challenges of the future and problems of today," and it demands that engineers must have the ability to communicate well their ideas to others. It is the goal of this program to educate liberally engineers and physicists who meet these challenges.

The entrance requirements for this dual program are the same as the entrance requirements for a physics major at UD. Students expected to do well in this program will have completed a rigorous high school program, which included courses in upper level mathematics, advanced chemistry, and advanced physics. Students not having such a background may still complete the program, but the completion time may be more than five years. The suggested course sequence includes the Rome Program during the second semester of the sophomore year.

Program Description:

The student enters the curriculum designed by UD that shall include the minimal course requirements.
The undergraduate advisor in EE at UTA will provide the personal contact needed to navigate the enrollment and advising processes.
For the determination of tuition, fees, room and board costs, and financial aid, students in this program are considered full-time students at UD during years one through three and full-time students at UT Arlington during years four and five. Tuition and fees for students taking classes at UT Arlington during years one through three and at UD for years four and five will be based on the per course rates. The institution in which the student has full-time enrollment is responsible for calculating financial aid, disbursing aid, monitoring satisfactory progress and other student eligibility requirements, keeping records, and returning funds in the event of withdrawal from the program.
Normally at the end of the fifth year upon the completion of all of the core and major degree requirements at UD and the completion of all of the degree requirements at UT Arlington, students will be granted a BA degree in Physics from UD and a BS degree in EE from UT Arlington. Students who withdraw from this program and who have completed the undergraduate degree requirements at UD will be granted a BA degree in physics.
Students who do not fulfill the requirements of this dual degree program are in no way precluded from applying to the EE Program at UT Arlington through the usual process.