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The '''Combined Plan Program in Engineering''' is a special degree program within [[SEAS]] which takes several forms but ultimately results in obtaining two degrees in a compressed amount of time.

== B.A./B.S. ==

This is the program typically referred to as the "Combined Plan" or "3-2 Program".  Students in the program complete three years earning their [[BA|bachelor of arts]] degree (either at [[CC]], [[GS]], or [[Barnard]], or at another one of a list of approved universities and colleges) and then transfer to SEAS to complete their [[BS|bachelor of science]] in two years.  

When students from other universities enter the program, they are considered juniors, even though they also technically completed a "junior" year (3rd year) at the institution that granted their B.A.  Students doing an internal 3-2 typically continue to identify with their entering class, considering themselves a "senior" in their fourth year and then a "super senior" in the fifth year.

SEAS also allows for a "4-2 Program", which is essentially the same as the 3-2 Program, but students apply in the senior year and begin their engineering degree after completing all four years at their prior undergraduate institution.  This is more rare than the 3-2 Program, but not unheard of.

== B.S./M.S. ==

SEAS does allow a certain number of students to complete a compressed B.A./M.S. program, provided the B.A. is in physics, mathematics, chemistry, or other physical sciences.  This is known as the "4-2 MS Program".


== External Links ==
*[http://bulletin.engineering.columbia.edu/combined-plan-programs Combined Plan Programs in the SEAS Bulletin]
*[http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/combined_plan_affiliates_2013-14.pdf List of approved partner schools]

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