B.S. Cooperative Program in Engineering
In cooperation with Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Connecticut, and Stevens Institute of Technology, Fairfield University provides a five-year engineering program that emphasizes both liberal education and professional preparation. The program yields a Bachelor of Science from Fairfield University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the partner institution where the student completed the engineering curriculum.
The curriculum for the three years of study at Fairfield University is as follows:
| Year 1 - Fall Semester | Credits | |
| MA 125 | Calculus I | 3 |
| PS 15 | General Physics I | 3 |
| PS 15L | General Physics I Lab | 1 |
| EG 31 | Fundamentals of Engineering I | 3 |
| PH 10 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| EN 11 | Composition and Prose Literature | 3 |
| Total | 16 | |
| Year 1 - Spring Semester | ||
| MA 126 | Calculus II | 3 |
| PS 16 | General Physics II | 3 |
| PS 16L | General Physics II Lab | 1 |
| EG 32 | Fundamentals of Engineering II | 3 |
| RS 10 | Introduction to Religious Studies | 3 |
| EN 12 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| Total | 16 | |
| Year 2 - Fall Semester | ||
| MA 227 | Calculus III | 3 |
| ME 201 | Engineering Statics | 3 |
| ME 206L | Mechanics Lab | 1 |
| CS 131 | Computer Programming I | 3 |
| EE 213 | Introduction to Electric Circuits | 3 |
| EE 213L | Electric Circuits Lab | 1 |
| RS | Religious Studies Elective | 3 |
| Total | 17 | |
| Year 2 - Spring Semester | ||
| MA 228 | Calculus IV | 3 |
| CD 211 | Engineering Graphics I | 3 |
| CH 11 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CH 11L | Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| HI 30 | Europe & World in Transition | 3 |
| ENEL | English Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 | |
| Year 3 - Fall Semester | ||
| MA 321 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 3 |
| EC11 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| SCEL | Science Elective | 3 |
| HI | History Elective | 3 |
| GEEL | General Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Year 3 - Spring Semester | ||
| EL | Engineering Elective | 3 |
| AE | Applied Ethics Elective | 3 |
| EL | Social Science Elective | 3 |
| AH 10 | Origins and Transformations in Western Art | 3 |
| EL | General Elective | 3 |
| PH | Philosophy Elective | 3 |
| Total | 18 | |
Special Requirements:
- MA 311 Partial Differential Equations is strongly recommended for students in the 3/2 Program.
- Students who intend to major in electrical or computer engineering must take a C++ or Java programming course and CR 245/EE 245 Digital Electronics Design I.
- Students who intend to major in chemical engineering must take CH 12 and CH 12L Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Lab.
- Columbia University requires one semester of economics.
- The University of Connecticut has a foreign language requirement that may be fulfilled at Fairfield or on the UConn campus.
- Students who intend to transfer to Columbia, RPI, or Stevens must also take thermodynamics (ME 241/ PS 241) and, if possible, PS 285 Modern Physics.