College of Engineering

COLLEGE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Entering freshmen admitted to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, are eligible to enroll in the College of Engineering.

Computer Skills

Future students are strongly encouraged to take a one-year high school course in basic computer skills which should include at a minimum: (1) basic use of a common operating system, (2) word processing, and (3) use of a spread sheet. All engineering departments either recommend or require that incoming students deficient in these skills take a specified remedial course. Taking high school courses in engineering drawing and computer programming is also very beneficial and is strongly encouraged.

International Students

Before being admitted to the electrical engineering program or the computer systems engineering program, international students will be required to present a score of 220 or better on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) exam and a score of 1000 or better on the SAT or 25 on the ACT.

Transfer of Credit

In addition to the University policies controlling the granting of credit for course work taken at other institutions, the following policies apply to students entering the College of Engineering.

1. All courses taken at another institution are subject to approval by the Dean of the College of Engineering and the head of the degree-granting department. Credit from all institutions must be approved on a course-by-course basis to ensure its acceptability in fulfilling requirements for a degree in engineering. In making this evaluation, the student may be required by the Dean and/or department head to produce catalogs from the institution from which the student is transferring which contain descriptions of the courses for which credit is expected in an engineering discipline.

2. Advanced (3000- and 4000-level at the University of Arkansas) engineering courses may not normally be transferred from institutions that do not have engineering programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

3. No degree credit will be granted for any course taken at another institution in which the student's grade in that course was not the equivalent of at least 2.00 on a 4.00 grading system.

Three-Two Transfer Plan

The College of Engineering recognizes that a graduate engineer, to be of full service to his community, must be trained in the social sciences and humanities as well as in technical subjects. The practice of industry to elevate engineers to managerial and administrative positions emphasizes the desirability of a broad educational background.

In recognition of this need, the College of Engineering of the University of Arkansas has entered into a cooperative program with several universities to provide for a five-year combined course of study. This program enables the student to pursue a combined curriculum leading to degrees in both liberal arts and engineering at the baccalaureate level: the student may pursue a three-year liberal arts curriculum at any one of these institutions and then specialize for two years at the University of Arkansas. After four years of study under the combined program he/she is awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree by one of the participating liberal arts institutions; at the end of the fifth year he/she is awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline by the University of Arkansas.