The Engineering Dual Degree program, an agreement between Meredith College and North Carolina State University, allows students to attend Meredith College for about three years and then attend North Carolina State University's College of Engineering for approximately two years.

Advantages of Meredith's Engineering Dual Degree program, include:

• Meredith's strong general education program and international study opportunities.
• A supportive environment for women including connections with the NCSU Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) program, professional women engineers as mentors, a speaker series, special scholarships, internships and co-ops.
• Flexibility in taking courses at both schools during any semester, making sequencing of courses easier than in most programs.
• Meredith is less than 1/2 mile from the North Carolina State University campus with NCSU's Wolfline bus service running between the two schools.

How the Dual Degree program works:
After successful completion of the admission, transfer and academic requirements of both institutions, the student will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in either chemistry or mathematics from Meredith College and a Bachelor of Science degree from NCSU in the students' selected engineering discipline. For example a student may receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Meredith College in chemistry and either a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical or environmental engineering from North Carolina State University. A student may also receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Meredith College in mathematics and either a Bachelor of Science degree in civil, computer, electrical or industrial engineering from North Carolina State University. During her third year at Meredith, the student will usually take courses at both Meredith and NCSU.

Students will be mentored by women who have upper class status in engineering or who are practicing engineers. Students will have the choice each year during their five years in the program to participate in a living community at Meredith College mainly for women who have chosen engineering, science, mathematics or computer science as a major. After the students officially transfer to NCSU for their fourth year, they will continue to have the option of living on the Meredith College campus until the completion of their Engineering Dual Degree program.

Students are encouraged to indicate their interest in this program during Summer Registration before the first semester of their freshman year. They should declare their Meredith major during their first semester and will be assigned to one of the engineering program advisors. Students who declare their major after the first semester may not be able to complete both degree programs in five years.

Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 while at Meredith to continue enrollment in the program. Admission to NCSU College of Engineering is dependent on GPA and the successful completion of a set of required courses.

For more information, interested students should contact Charles Lewis or Cammey Cole, engineering program coordinators at Meredith, before registering for their first semester at Meredith College.