<p>I've been accepted as a biology major, and while I love biology, I also have a soft spot for environmental science - not enough to choose it over bio, but still enough where I think it'd be helpful to expand my horizons out and take a few classes there. I'll also be pre-med, do you think it would be too much to try a combined degree in biology and environmental geology? I don't mind a little extra coursework, but I'd also like to have a life outside of studies.</p>
<p>what a lot of people don’t know is there IS a difference between a combined degree and double-majoring. with combined degrees, many of the requirements overlap, so you’re not taking a lot of extra courses. if you were to double major, you must complete requirements for two separate programs, which would take up a lot of extra time AND money. i don’t know if it would interfere at all with pre-med, because a biology degree covers all the pre-med requirements i believe. if you don’t decide to pursue the combined degree, you could always minor in it! </p>
<p>here’s the link to the page about combined degrees and dual majors</p>
<p>[Double</a> Major, Combined Major, Independent Major, and Second Bachelor’s Degree](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/major-2.html]Double”>http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/major-2.html)</p>
<p>hope this helps! :)</p>
<p>It’s not a big deal, don’t worry about it. I’m doing a dual, two co-ops and graduating in 4 years. Just make sure you actually want to do environmental geology. The biology major will take care of pre-med requirements (unless it doesn’t have physics, in which case you’ll need to take that). Here is the catalog for bio <a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/courses/cat1011-acad-sc-biol.pdf[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/courses/cat1011-acad-sc-biol.pdf</a>).</p>
<p>Does it cost money to pick up another major? If so, about how much more? Thanks!</p>
<p>Uh… like… to take classes for that major? No, no way. If you can graduate in the same amount of time (which is usually the case with a dual, and sometimes the case with double majoring depending on how you arrange your schedule) then it’ll be the exact same cost. You pay for the credits, not for the major.</p>