<p>I have heard that it is very difficult to change majors at OU. D was admitted to Scripps, but is not sure she wants to be a journalist and has other interests, but the feedback we have heard is that it is very hard to change majors. Anyone have experience in this area?</p>
<p>^Additionally, how feasible is it to double major in Journalism and something else like anthropology or environmental sciences?</p>
<p>My brother is in his 4th year at OU, and has changed majors twice. As far as actually changing majors, I don’t believe it was that hectic. Quite honestly the hardest part for him was telling my dad that he’s going to have to stay in school for an extra quarter. He started of as an English major, then switched to Social Work half way through his 2nd year. He realized that English isn’t really what he wanted to do. This switch was voluntary. Since those majors are in two different colleges in the university, the colleges have different requirements for graduation purposes. Luckily, he had enough credits that he’s able to graduate with an english minor. Then just a few months ago, he was notified that he was told wrong about what credits he needed to graduate, and would be at OU longer than he expected. He was very upset, and went to talk to his advisor about what to do. Turns out, for what he wants to do, he should be a Sociology major. At this point, he just wanted to give up haha. But luckily, the majors are in the same college this time, and the university is working hard for him to help him graduate in January 2011(when he originally wanted to graduate after changing majors the first time) and is making sure that they are doing everything possible to make it happen. Now he’s graduating with a major in Sociology, and minors in Social Work and English. He’s takes summer classes to help catch up, but he loves Athens so much that I think he prefers being at school than at home over the summer. It’s been a bumpy road for him, but he’s made the best of it. The advisors are great with helping you find out what courses you should take and even what to major in (Apparently he should have been a Sociology major all along - Social Work wasn’t right for what he wants to do in the first place) and the University is making him feel like he’s a personal case to help him get whatever he needs in order to graduate on his own timeline.</p>