students takethe same liberal arts requirements as all other students on campus. In most U.S. universities,engineering students take fewer liberal arts courses and thus have standard patterns of 4 years.At USD, about half of the students graduate in 4.5 years, one-quarter in four years (if they camein with advanced placement credit and took summer courses) and the other one-quarter in fiveyears (including students in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Core (NROTC) who haveadditional coursework requirements). The unique BS/BA reflects the USD EngineeringDepartment’s commitment to have students experience “extensive technical education and the Page