Students in the 3+2 Engineering program complete three years at Elizabethtown College and two years at another institution, usually the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.  Upon completion of course requirements, the Bachelor of Arts Degree is awarded by Elizabethtown College and the Bachelor of Science Degree by Penn State’s College of Engineering. Students in the 3+2 Engineering program who maintain a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (3.50 for aerospace engineering, bioengineering, computer engineering and mechanical engineering) at Elizabethtown College are guaranteed admission to the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.

Students in the 3+2 Engineering program are required to take Physics 200, 201, 202 and 221; Engineering 100, 110, 210 and 262; Mathematics 121, 122, 201, 222 and 321; Chemistry 105; Computer Science 121; Economics 101; English 100 or 150, and 282; and three of the following six courses: Engineering 220, 263, 264 or 321; Physics 302 or 353. Students in the 3+2 Engineering program may substitute Physics 200 for one of their Natural and Physical Science Core courses.  They also are excused from one Core course – not to include First-Year Seminar or any of the Core courses also required for the major – and are allowed to take up to 19 credits in up to three of the six semesters they study at Elizabethtown without paying a credit overload fee.  Penn State also requires three physical education courses for students entering the 3+2 Engineering program.