<p>I am enrolled as a freshman for Fall 2011 in the Engineering School. I am considering the possibility of adding a business or finance major. Two questions:</p>
<p>1) Have any of you taken on this kind of double major? Is it doable in four years. (I am coming in with 21 credits completed).</p>
<p>and 2) How easy is it for an engineering student to apply for and be accepted into the business school at this point?</p>
<p>THANKS.</p>
<p>Since you haven’t had any responses, I’ll chime in, but others familiar with the Engineering school can provide better info. Because there would be little overlap between required courses of the two, I believe that being able to finish in 4 years would be highly unlikely. Neither of my 2 declared their 2nd major until after they started classes. Their majors weren’t in an LEP, so I don’t know how that works.</p>
<p>There are double majors and then there are double degrees (150 hours)…both of my Ds are going the double degree route. However, D1’s 2 degrees will be in Astronomy and Physics, with obviously a lot of overlap between the 2 in terms of required courses, etc. She is finishing in 4 years, with only a couple of semesters being 17 hrs…most were between 13 and 15 hours. However, she came in with 50+ credit hours from APs, which took care of almost all of her CORE requirements.</p>
<p>D2 is also on track to finish in 2 years, but her degrees aren’t as similar. She also had a bunch of AP credits, but so far her semesters have been pretty large loads, and don’t look like they will get much lighter. However, neither of her majors have as many requirements as either engineering or business/finance, so it makes it possible for her to be able to finish in 4 years.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. I’d suggest that you go in as you are and then do the investigation to see what it would take to have either a double major (or double degrees). Good luck.</p>
<p>I do not know many specifics on it either, but you’re best bet is to look up the four year plans/required curriculum of the specific majors you want. I was going to go for business awhile ago and if I remember correctly it’s a lot of econ and stuff like that. Also you’ll need to take 2 different calc classes, since theres calc I for business majors (math220) and calc I for science majors, which I think is math140 or 141.</p>
<p>As astrophysicsmom explained, if you choose to get a dual degree (which means you earn two bachelor degrees), you have to complete 150 credits. That sounds like a tall order for an engineering student, particularly if there’s little to no overlap between the requirements of the two degrees. But if you aim for a dual major as you mentioned, you would only need a total of 120 credits so I would think your plan would be manageable.</p>
<p>what is the difference between dual major vs dual degrees. don’t you end up with say BS in Engineering and BS in Math under either case?</p>
<p>I don’t know if this helps explain or not…</p>
<p>"12. What is the difference between a double major and a double degree?
A double major requires students to complete all requirements of the two majors (with only 18 credits applied to both) and complete a total of 120 credits. Double degrees require the completion of 150 credits and students are awarded two degrees. More information about double majors/degrees can be found within the student’s major college. "</p>
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<p>If you have a double degree, you will actually be handed two diplomas with single majors. If you have a double major, you will have a single degree (not sure how BS vs BA works if you have a major in each) with both programs on it.</p>