Minors and Non-Major Programs

Minors

Georgetown offers one minor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Common Good, to undergraduates at McDonough. You are also eligible to pursue other minors outside of McDonough.

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Common Good Curriculum
• Science Technology & International Affairs (STIA) Curriculum
• Additional Minors at Georgetown University

Columbia Combined Program

Georgetown University offers a 3-2 Combined Plan Program experience in partnership with the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. Columbia’s program, the first dual-degree engineering program instituted in the United States, is designed to provide students with the opportunity to receive both a BSBA degree from McDonough and a B.S. degree from Columbia Engineering in five years.

Another available option is the 4-2 degree program. This option allows students from McDonough who have finished their requirements for the BSBA degree to then attend Columbia to complete a B.S. degree in two years. Students follow the same course of study at Georgetown as those completing the 3-2 requirements.

Engineering is not a major at Georgetown. McDonough students interested in the Columbia Combined Plan Program will need to fulfill all of the prerequisites for the Columbia program in addition to their Georgetown requirements and will declare and complete the requirements for their major(s) at Georgetown McDonough. We encourage students interested in pursuing the Columbia 3-2 or 4-2 program to declare their intention to the academic dean’s office as early as possible to facilitate advising and support of the application process. Students apply to the program by February of their junior or senior year but start integrating the required coursework as early as the first semester of freshman year. Please note that admission to the Columbia Engineering program is not guaranteed. 

For more information about the program, prerequisite courses, and curriculum, please visit the program website.

Pre-Health

Georgetown offers pre-health, not as a major, but as an overlay of curricular requirements that permit students to attend medical or dental school. Students who are interested in pursuing pre-health at McDonough should do the following:

• Review the pre-health course requirements
• Review the pre-health committee process (participation in this process is highly recommended for all students pursuing pre-health)
• Email Dean Vaz (catherine.vaz@georgetown.edu), who is the pre-health advisor for all McDonough undergraduates. Dean Vaz will:
  • Provide guidance and answer questions about pre-health
  • Work with students to create a plan of study integrating business and pre-health requirements

It is highly recommended that students who are interested in pre-health start integrating classes during their first semester, if possible.