Engineering and political science?

lessonwitch2
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:12:20 +0000

Nodoubt16. Is it possible? Yes. But it requires you take 10 extra classes in pols and complete a foreign language requirement(Which you won’t have to do if you took 2 years of a language i high school. (not to mention the engineering class requirements)

You do need to be admitted to the liberal arts college as well. But be aware, once you sign up for it, YOU CAN"T TAKE IT BACK. (You don’t need to delcare it until Junior year, just wait)

http://pols.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2015/08/Catalog138-Fall2015ProspStudent.pdf
https://engineering.tamu.edu/media/824206/Modified%20Degree%20Plan-Catalog%20135.pdf

Some classes in engineering (like CSCE 206 and ECEN 215) will transfer as electives to the pols sci degree and the math requirements. But you still need to take 10 extra pols sci electives (not counting the Pols 206 and 207) that WON"T transfer to the engineering degree .

And if you want to get out in 4 years you will need to take 1-2 extra pols classes (in addition to you 15+ hr engineering classes) each semester or take summer classes to meet the requirement(which I don’t advise since it will stop you from getting an internship).

Are you coming in with any AP/IB/ CLEP credit? Because you will want to get credit for (6hr) English 1-2, (6hr) History, (3hr)Visual Arts, (3hr) Social Behavior, and (3-6hr) Pols Sci out of the way fast. Do you have any AP credit for those classes?

If your serious about this, take English 1-2, and Pols 206 - 207 at a CC the summer before you attend. Then you should take pols 349 and 315 (they have pretty high average GPAs so it won’t be a huge burden)at A&M during your first year of engineering and see if you like it enough to put yourself though a double major. Those classes count as electives required for the Pols Sci major in case you choose to do the double major. While it is completely possible, it is alot of hard work for not much benefit (considering how it won’t help you in your future job search)