This degree program includes Entrance-to-Major requirements (ETMs) that must be satisfied before you are officially admitted to the major.
Here’s how it works:
- If you meet the ETMs at the time you apply, you will be admitted directly into the program.
- If you have not met the ETMs, there’s nothing to worry about. It’s typical for a student not to enter their major until sometime between their third and fifth semester as a Penn Stater.
- If you are admitted to the Penn State Behrend School of Engineering, you will work closely with your World Campus academic adviser to learn how to fulfill the software engineering ETMs.
Once you have successfully met your Entrance-to-Major requirements (either through transfer credits or during your first few semesters of course work), you can change your major to software engineering.