<p>Hello,
Is it possible to double major in Literature and Physics with a minor in Mathematics at Duke? If yes, how practical/doable is it in terms of efforts and time-commitment it entails? I know it depends on the individual, but in general, do you think someone can take the above mentioned courses and do well in all three?</p>
<p>It’s impossible to answer easily without setting out a four-year plan and looking at which courses you would take when, which you are able to do, using majors’ worksheets and courses offered in the past (and their frequency). It’ll also depend on what math courses you’ll come into Duke having, and the kind of math background you already have. I’d advise you to find programs you like, and then move from there-- if it’s not possible by raw numbers, you can create a Program II at Duke (and basically make your own major, given a coherent pedagogical narrative) or do an interdisciplinary major between two of the departments.</p>
<p>Also, the Literature department at Duke, note, is the Program in Literature, and offers an undergraduate Global Cultural Studies major, which is much more of a critical theory/compartive world lit department as opposed to an English undergraduate major reading traditional literature.</p>
<p>It will be hard, but Math and Physics do have some overlap, which makes it a bit more possible. It will be doable, but hard, and you won’t have too much flexibility in terms of classes outside your math/physics/lit ones</p>