Engineering with honors college

SEA_tide
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:42:22 +0000

I seem to recall that he’s officially changed his major to EE and will add back Physics once he starts at UA. As such, his primary advisor will be the department offering the EE major. As you likely know, the College of Engineering tends to have a lot of sequenced courses and traditionally advises based on a flowchart. As your son has already completed a lot of the required courses, the traditional flowchart may need to be modified to fit his needs. I would highly suggest that he gets in touch with the dean or an advisor in ECE to talk about his options.

Two suggestions that I would make are that he continues to take some courses in mathematics. Students going on to graduate degrees in quantitative fields typically need more math courses than those who don’t. I would also have him consider taking some of transferable courses over the summer(s) at a school near you or wherever you can find affordable tuition, noting that UA has a lower limit on the courses one can transfer from a two year college than from a four year college. A lot of students choose community colleges near their home, while others attend a public university in their home state. A few students, such as myself, attend a school in a completely different state with very low tuition.

University Scholars who plan to get a PhD are encouraged to get a master’s degree in a subject other than what they plan to study at the doctoral level. This has the dual advantage of preventing the student from needing to take the same courses twice and so the students have a broader field of knowledge.

A great thing about UA is that students who really want to take a specific course can typically get permission to do so with relative ease. This allows top students to further personalize their college education.