Declaring a College of Engineering Major

A short time before pre-registration for the fall semester of the sophomore year (typically in mid-March), General Engineering students choose a major within a specific College of Engineering discipline. To move into this College of Engineering undergraduate program, a General Engineering student must have completed each required course in the Freshman Engineering Academic Program with a University of Arkansas GPA of 2.0 and satisfied any additional requirements set forth by their new home department. General Engineering students who do not meet these conditions are advised academically within the Freshman Engineering Program on a case-by-case basis until they meet the conditions for entering a discipline-specific College of Engineering undergraduate program. These students are required to enroll in the courses necessary to remove their deficiencies; however, they can also enroll in discipline-specific College of Engineering courses for which they have satisfied the pre-requisites.

Majoring in Biological Engineering
http://www.baeg.uark.edu/

Each student is required to complete 18 semester hours of approved electives in his or her area of concentration. Six hours must be from the biological engineering design elective courses from a single area of concentration.  The remaining 12 hours are classified as technical electives and consist mainly of upper-division courses in engineering, mathematics, and the sciences as approved by the student's advisor.  The selected technical electives must include at least six hours of upper-level engineering courses, either within BENG or from other engineering department. The department maintains a list of approved electives.

Majoring in Chemical Engineering
http://www.cheg.uark.edu/

New freshmen and transfer students with less than 24 credit hours can enter the university as Chemical Engineering students if they qualify to take or have credit for University Chemistry II (CHEM 1123); students can qualify to take CHEM 1123 by demonstrating satisfactory performance on the chemistry proficiency examination administered by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. These students do not have to complete the Freshman Engineering Academic Program. Students that enter the university as General Engineering or Pre-Engineering students may choose Chemical Engineering as their major upon completion of the Freshman Engineering Academic Program.

Majoring in Civil Engineering
http://www.cveg.uark.edu/

Students must select four 3-hour engineering elective courses in conference with their adviser. The selection must include at least three civil engineering courses. The fourth course can be a civil engineering course or one of the following: MEEG 2013 Dynamics, MEEG 2403 Thermodynamics, ELEG 3903 Electric Circuits and Machines, MEEG 3703 Numerical Methods. Normally, the civil engineering courses are selected from among the 4000-level elective CVEG courses. Exceptional students may be allowed to choose from the 5000 (graduate-level) course series. Humanities and social science electives are selected from courses approved by the college. Lists of approved electives are on file in the department office.

Majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering
http://www.csce.uark.edu/

Students must meet all requirements of their degree programs and are expected to keep informed concerning current regulations, policies, and program requirements in their fields of study. Changes made in the curriculum at a level beyond that at which a student is enrolled might become graduation requirements for that student. Changes made in the curriculum at a level lower than the one at which a student is enrolled are not required of that student. Students should consult their departmental adviser for additional information. For a complete breakdown of the eight-semester degree programs, refer to the Catalog of Studies.

Majoring in Electrical Engineering
http://www.eleg.uark.edu/

Students in electrical engineering are required to complete 15 semester hours of technical electives of which a minimum of nine semester hours must be 4000- or 5000-level electrical engineering elective courses. A student may select the remaining six semester hours from 4000- or 5000-level electrical engineering elective courses or upper-division technical courses in mathematics, engineering, and the sciences. Not more than six semester hours in ELEG 488V and ELEG 489V may be credited toward technical electives.  The schedule of technical electives offered in a given semester is determined the previous semester since the selection depends on a number of varying factors such as student interest in a particular topic, the importance of a particular technology for the student’s professional career, and teaching faculty availability.

Majoring in Industrial Engineering
http://www.ineg.uark.edu/

"The plan of study found in the [Catalog of Studies] contains the list of courses required for the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering degree and a suggested sequence as well as a pre-requisite chart. Our plan of study is designed to be completed within four years. We strongly encourage students to develop a four-year plan, but we recognize that due to scheduling, cooperative education, fiscal necessity, or academic reasons students may voluntarily opt to take less than full course loads each semester. It is the primary responsibility of the student to make progress towards meeting the degree requirements in a timely manner. All courses are not offered every semester so students who deviate from the suggested sequence must pay careful attention to course scheduling and course prerequisites."

Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
http://www.meeg.uark.edu/

The Mechanical Engineering curriculum includes, in addition to the humanities/social science elective courses, a total of 12 hours of technical and science electives. A student must select these electives with the approval of his or her adviser. It is expected that electives will be chosen to provide a coherent program within one or more areas of specialization or options available to mechanical engineers. Traditional areas of specialization are available in mechanical systems, materials, and energy systems. Other areas include pre-medical, management, and astronautics. The first-year curriculum is essentially the same as prescribed for all engineering freshmen.