<p>@AUGirl, ok, didn’t know your university didn’t offer the BFA. Mine does, so I forgot</p>
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Double degree = 2 degrees (like BA & BM, BA & BFA, BS & BA, etc.) Double major = 2 completely different or somewhat related majors, whatever they are but under the same degree (whether they both lead to a BA, BS, BM, etc.) So if you’re getting the theatre major & French under the BA program, it’s a double major then.</p>
@RoxSox- Well it is common for one of the 2 degrees to be music, but a double degree can be for other majors too when the chosen majors don’t fall under the same degree program based on what the particular school offers, such as what you mentioned about yours.</p>
<p>You don’t have to do the gen ed requirements twice for a double degree. The same gen ed classes count towards the gen ed requirements for both degrees.</p>
<p>Lol. This thread is dumb. It’s not like doing a double degree is impressive…it just means your majors don’t overlap in the same degree program. Why does this matter? No one’s gonna care, lol.</p>
<p>Fine whatever. That wasn’t the purpose of the thread…was just curious as to who on here is doing that (fyi is is somewhat impressive though that the student completed more courses, if they did well in it). some people care, some don’t, whatever you want.</p>
<p>My school, Emory University, will only confer one four-year undergraduate degree per person. Thus, double undergraduate degrees are not possible. However, I’m hoping to be accepted to a four-year BA/MA double-degree program (BA, Educational Studies/Sociology; MA, Sociology).</p>
<p>I’m currently double majoring, but may change my BA in psychology to a BS so then it’d be a double degree. I’m only going into my freshman year though, so I have time to decide!</p>
Doing a double degree does not necessarily mean you completed more courses than someone who is, for example, only getting a BA; all it means is that you will have completed more courses in two specific areas of study.</p>
<p>You usually complete more courses though. Especially when you’re doing the music major under the BM program, compared to a music major under the BA program. There’s a big difference there. I guess it depends on the major. Ok I see some people are just getting confused by this thread…</p>
<p>That’s why I said it “does not necessarily” mean that. For instance, I will be taking a full course load throughout my college years, and possibly overloading for a few semesters. Not all of those courses will be for my major, of course, considering I have taken/plan on taking classes in the music (theory, history, performance and ethnomusicology), philosophy, English, biology, history, Spanish and humanities departments. It simply means I will have a wider course selection rather than limiting myself to two specific fields of study.</p>
<p>I’ve considered taking up a second major in American Studies alongside my history major because the material in the AMST classes is very similar and very much connected to that discussed in the history classes I will be taking. The only difference is that the AMST classes focus much more on cultural events and their influence on American society, e.g. American humor, film, etc. The classes that are offered appear to be quite interesting! The only downside is that I’d only want to take a few of the offered courses versus having to go through the entire major sequence (especially coming in as a junior transfer versus coming in as a freshman).</p>
<p>On the flip side, since I’m specializing in American social history, I might end up minoring in AMST regardless to add an sufficient amount of depth to my history studies and to help prepare me for the intensive work that I will undertake when I’m pursuing my doctorate in history.</p>
<p>No, people don’t. For those who are really double majoring and think it’s also a double degree, they might go to a school that doesn’t do double degree or don’t know of anyone doing that, haven’t heard of it, so they don’t understand it, possibly. That’s my theory!</p>
<p>@romanigypsyeyes: It’s not that uncommon for students to think of a “double degree” and a “double major” as the same thing. It’s not like we can help it; the two terms are and appear to be extremely similar to each other. Some might even misunderstand it as being an interdisciplinary degree, e.g. European Studies, Comparative Religion, etc.</p>
<p>@iluvpiano: I agree that there should’ve been further explanation of the differences between a dual degree and a double major. I think too many people, including myself, responded with the idea of a double major in our heads, especially considering that as one person pointed out, most universities will only confer one degree upon each student, in which the student indicates their primary major.</p>