Thinking about applying for an internship

In summary, the speaker is currently enrolled in a 3/2 degree program for physics and engineering, where they will spend 3 years at one school and transfer for an additional 2 years to graduate with an engineering degree from the second school and a physics degree from the first school. They are now looking for internships and are having trouble filling in some details on their resume. They are unsure of which field of engineering they want to pursue and have taken an extra semester due to medical issues. They are unsure of how to list their expected graduation date and are seeking suggestions. They may list their degree as "Engineering & Physics Dual Degree" and mention that they will complete the physics degree requirements in Spring 2013, even though they will
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Hey all, I am currently on a 3/2 degree program for physics and engineering, where I'll spend 3 years at one school, transfer for an additional 2 years and graduate with an engineering degree from the second school and a physics degree from the first school.

So I decided I need to start looking into internships, and was writing up a resume to apply somewhere that offers a few different types of engineering internships. I'm having a little trouble filling in some details on my resume. I looked online for how to really write one, and they pretty much all start like this:

School Name
Degree
Expected Graduation Date
GPA

Is it okay to list "Dual Degree: Physics/Engineering" for degree? Before last semester, I had thought I was going for chemical engineering, but now I'm not so sure. So I really don't have a 100% idea on which field in engineering right now.

Additionally, I'm a 3/2 major, but I ended up dropping out one semester, due to medical issues not grades, and decided not to try to transfer in fall semester, so I will be taking 4 years at the first school now instead of 3. My expected graduation date is a little iffy, as I get both the physics from the first school and engineering from the second after I graduate from the second school, but that's long in the future. How would I specify this? If I put spring 2015 as the expected graduation date, wouldn't it make me sound like I'm a freshman? (I currently have 64 credits).
My father said I should post it as:
"Expected Physics Graduation Date: Spring 2013
Expected Engineering Graduation Date: Spring 2015"
But that seems a little off to me, because I don't technically graduate with the physics degree in 2013, I have to apply after graduating in 2015.


Sorry if my post is a little confusing, I'm just a tad confused on how to present my information on a resume, as I even have trouble explaining it here! Very new to this, any suggestions?
 
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Maybe write your degree as:

Engineering & Physics Dual Degree

And you should basically just list 2015 as your graduation date but mention physics degree requirements will be completed in Spring 2013.
 

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