What is in the Swarthmore Engineering curriculum?
The Swarthmore Engineering Curriculum consists of twelve engineering courses, four math courses, and four science courses. Of the twelve engineering courses, about half are required and the other half are electives. The required courses give students a broad background in engineering fundamentals while the electives allow students to tailor the program to their specific interests. Because Swarthmore is a liberal arts college that values breadth of learning, it requires that twenty courses be taken outside the major; thirty-two courses are required for graduation. This leaves at most twelve required courses for the major, making Engineering the most expansive major allowed by the college.
