<p>If over the summer, I decided to change my intended major from bio to possibly going a double major in physics and econ, do I just tell my academic advisor when I meet him/her during orientation week? I'm an incoming freshman and in college arts and science. Also, would my academic advisors change?</p>
<p>Also how hard would a physics and econ double major be? I heard physics is pretty hard but I heard econ is pretty easy too so it wouldn't be too much more than a physics major by itself? If I was going for an econ physics double major, and decided to go for a concentration outside of physics (opposed to inside physics), could I get credit for concentration in economics for econ classes I took to fulfill an econ major or would I have to pursue another concentration?</p>
<p>Aslo, a related question is, for either Physics 3, they have a prerequisite of diffq for engineers. I'm not an engineer and i'm only taking the non-engineer course (linear algebra, multvar calc). Would I be able to take diffq if I had only taken linear algebra and mult var calc instead of the prerequisite multvar calc for engineers?</p>
<p>And finally, how much workload is a physics major and econ major really (like how much homework, how hard are the tests, difficulty, amount studying)? Or would a physisc major with an econ concentration be pretty much the same thing and easier because you don't have to satisfy another concentration if i got a double in econ? I'm interested in both but I don't want to be completely overburdened and have no room for a social life either.</p>
<p>Seconding the OP’s question…my intended major was English and my advisor is in the English department, but I’m now thinking of a major in psychology and a minor in information science.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that we let our advisor know during our orientation week meeting, and then appropriate steps are taken from there? I was under the impression that the o-week meeting is just to get a look at our schedule and make sure that everything is okay.</p>
<p>As long as you’re changing majors within the same college, you should rarely have a big problem, unless you’re transferring in CALS to AEM, or in AAP to architecture or something. You’ll probably tell your academic advisor your interests when you meet him/her. I believe your academic advisor would change when you formally declare a major.</p>
<p>A physics/econ double major probably wouldn’t be too tough. You need 120 credits from Arts and Science to graduate anyways, so you have plenty of space to double major, especially so if you have any AP credit. I don’t fully understand your question about concentrations.</p>
<p>It’s not critical for you to have taken Engineering mathematics before 2930. You could have taken non-engineer mathematics and still be fine. </p>
<p>Finally, you’d have as high a workload as you want. You can take the bare minimum required for the major, or you can go indepth and take every last course in the department. It’s really up to you.</p>
<p>Actually, upon further thought and discussions with father (along with searching more on the web), I think a math/econ double major might make more sense?</p>
<p>I just want to verify…if i have a math major, I can use the classes required for a econ major to satisfy the major major econ concentrations right?</p>
<p>Finally, which would be a better option for the future (job opportunities, income of jobs, job security) for me? Physics/econ double major or math/econ double major? There’s also a decent chance I would go to grad school or at least pursue a MBA too.</p>