<p>As a general rule (you might want to verify this with each university), registration to classes in Engineering is limited to students in the Engineering college, but there is typically no such restriction on classes offered through the Arts & Sciences college. An Eng. student can take all the History and Philosophy classes he desires (if he has the prereqs), but the A&S student usually cannot register for even lower level Eng. classes.</p>
<p>FCCDAD, that is definitely true, except that the eschool has so many more requirements for degrees than the college that eschool students rarely get more than 1 elective per semester that is non-eschool. :(</p>
<p>So how hard would it be to get a math major in addition to a BS in CS? Are the math classes the same? Is there such a thing as an applied math degree from the Eschool that would be easier?</p>
<p>I don’t understand why UVA doesn’t have a math+cs program. I chose to major in math and forego CS (once I started being a TA… was considering a minor). I knew many math majors pursuing a CS minor. There is an applied math minor in the eschool. The math major doesn’t have any overlapping classes except discrete math/calculus.</p>
<p>Ugh now I don’t know which to apply to. I feel that the e school would better prepare me to become a software engineer and more access to things. But I also want to have a chance at getting in and if everyone else took AP sciences and I didn’t I just don’t think my chances will be good. But there was no way I could have taken an AP science with my scheduling. :/</p>
<p>Freail: if you’re interested in humanities and social sciences, don’t run with the assumption that engineers never see these types of courses. I actually transferred to UVa, from VT, because UVa requires “STS (Science Technology and Society)” courses that explore how humanities and engineering mix. They require extensive reading, writing, and most of all, thought about the world around you and how you’ll affect it as an engineer. You have to take an intro one first year and fourth year you’ll take two as part of your thesis. There is also a requirement to take two others at some point during your four years and they can vary amongst subjects (I took one that was centered around natural disasters and another around the history and science of wine-making (which was the best course ever)). </p>
<p>You’ll also have time for other courses, especially if you take a summer or j-term class along the way. I did both (one summer course, two J-term courses) and was able to take political science classes during the year. Others took summer courses to lighten their workload during the semesters.</p>
<p>As for the courseload: I had the same problem in high school my senior year, I wanted to take an aeronautical engineering course but Fairfax County pulled the plug on it last minute (which was a huge bummer). I ended up either having to completely rearrange my schedule and get all new teachers, or I had to pick from a slew of electives. I ended up in computer graphics, which was both a fantastic course and kept me in the arts (I had to drop band due to AP conflicts). My guidance counselor was superb and wrote a great letter explaining that I wanted, and chose, to take a harder course load but couldn’t due to scheduling, and accompanied the letter with official school printouts. Perhaps you should speak to your counselor about something like this </p>