General Regulations

All undergraduate students majoring in the Bachelor of Arts in General Engineering must follow a program approved by their advisor.  Your advisor can be any member of the faculty committee who oversee the BA in General Engineering (see above), or any faculty member approved by them.

Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in with major in General Engineering must fulfill the overall requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degrees as described in the University Catalog.  These include the University writing requirement, distribution requirement and 120-credit minimum.  Details of these requirements are also provided in the Undergraduate Academic Manual.

Briefly, the requirements are as follows:

• Mathematics: five courses; two in calculus, one in statistics, one 200-level or above and one elective (minimum of 20 credits).
• Natural Sciences: four courses (of which at least one must be physics) and two terms of laboratory (minimum of 15 credits).
• Humanities and/or Social Sciences: one course in English writing or composition, at least four related courses which form a core (two of which are at the advanced level) and three additional courses coded H or S (minimum of 24 credits).
• International Dimensions of Engineering:  Either a semester abroad or three courses which provide expertise in international issues (these may count towards the Humanities or Social Science requirement above). 
• Engineering: one course which is an introduction to an engineering discipline, one course in a computer language, three fundamental engineering science courses, and six courses in an engineering concentration which are related thematically or departmentally (at least three of which must be at the advanced level) (minimum of 35 credits).
• Free Electives: a minimum of five full courses (at least 3 credits each).  The number of credits required to reach the minimum of 120 will depend on how the International Dimensions requirement is satisfied and on the courses chosen in other areas.

Students are required to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to graduate.  Further, a maximum of 12 D credits may be counted towards degree requirements and no more than 12 credits completed prior to matriculation or in summer sessions at other accredited colleges or universities may be accepted.

  Transfer students are not subject to 12 credits of transfer credit restriction; they must obtain credit for courses they wish to transfer during their first year at Hopkins.  University regulations require a minimum of four consecutive full-time semesters and 60 credits earned at JHU for a Hopkins degree.