<p>Title says all.</p>
<p>yea it is possible but pursuing a Math Major at NYU is quite difficult. On the other hand, Economics is easy. You only need 10 courses to have an Economics Major so you can knock that out in 1 and a half years if you are done with your electives.</p>
<p>CommentComment is correct</p>
<p>[Department</a> of Mathematics, Courant Institute](<a href=“http://www.math.nyu.edu/degree/undergrad/majors.html]Department”>http://www.math.nyu.edu/degree/undergrad/majors.html)</p>
<p>[NYU</a> > CAS > Bulletin 2008 - 2010 > Economics > 2008 - 2010 > Program of Study](<a href=“http://cas.nyu.edu/object/economics.0810.ug.req]NYU”>http://cas.nyu.edu/object/economics.0810.ug.req)</p>
<p>"JOINT MAJOR IN ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS</p>
<p>A joint major is offered by the Departments of Economics and Mathematics. In the economics department, joint majors with mathematics may only take the theory sequence. Nine courses must be taken from each department.</p>
<p>The mathematics requirements are a total of nine courses. The six required courses are as follows: V63.0121, V63.0122, V63.0123, V63.0140, V63.0325, and V63.0326. Three courses must be completed from V63.0224, V63.0233, V63.0234, V63.0235, V63.0262, V63.0240, V63.0363, V63.0245, V63.0264, V63.0248, V63.0250, V63.0252, V63.0270, V63.0282, V63.0343, V63.0344, or V63.0141.</p>
<p>The economics requirements are V31.0005, V31.0006, V31.0011, V31.0013, V31.0020, and V31.0266, plus any three economics elective courses, at least two of which must be theory electives numbered V31.0300-0399.</p>
<p>Interested students should consult with the director of undergraduate studies in both departments for additional information."</p>
<p>Otherwise, if you want to do the policy track, you are doing 10 econ courses and 12 math courses, which would be 22 courses out of an available 32. Remember that you’ll also need to take two years of language (four semester, unless you test out or do advanced classes), ConWest (one semester), World Cultures (one semester), two NatScis (two semesters), Expressive Cultures (one semester), and Expository Writing (one semester). So, worst-case scenario, you will use up all your available classes on your majors and MAP alone.</p>
<p>There are two options:
- the one described above which is pursuing a joint degree in math & econ(theory)
- or double majoring in math & econ(policy)</p>
<p>Option #1 will probably fit better because the theory track is math intensive and you will learn a lot in terms of applying math to econ. If you take option #2. you will have to take a whole lot of courses. In terms of econ majors in general, most of the people take the poilicy track because it is more approachable and does not play with math as much as the theory one.</p>
<p>I don’t understand the appeal of a double major. You don’t really learn anything deep as an Undergrad, why waste the time? Why isn’t it better to major in the area you like, minor in the other, then pick a focus in grad school.</p>
<p>I think the appeal is that a double major sounds impressive. Or double majors think it does.</p>
<p>It all depends on the amount of credits each major requires, AND how those courses have to be spaced out depending on prerequisites. Yes, you can absolutely double major within four years- you can possibly triple major within four years if you find the right combination of courses and overlap. But I do have to warn you, you may get burnt out and start to get sick of your courses really quickly because you’ll have little room for “fun” electives. Plus, your GPA will probably take a hit since you’ll be taking all those intro courses for the first few semesters.</p>