<p>Can anyone give me the simple answer on this one?</p>
<p>Double major covers two disciplines in one school, eg. psychology and Spanish both in College of Arts and Sciences.
Dual degree covers a single major in two schools, eg. EE in School of Engineering and Management in the Business School.</p>
<p>Another example of a dual degree is:</p>
<p>5 year BS & MS Nuclear Engineering dual degree.</p>
<p>Great, thanks.....I am confused because I see on the website for U of Mich that they offer a dual degree program between the Musical Theatre BFA and the Engineering schools and some are saying that it is not possible. Here is the link that I was looking it if anyone can read it and clarify that it does exist.</p>
<p>UM</a> School of Music, Theatre & Dance - Department of Musical Theatre</p>
<p>Here is another link</p>
<p>UM</a> School of Music, Theatre & Dance - Dual Degree Programs</p>
<p>Wow! I wish I would have known this. I was raised in Alabama but my parents were born as raised in Michigan so I have always been a UMich fan. I was in the band in HS and love music. I am an engineering major now, and am considering joining a local orchestra or symphonic band. I say look into this!</p>
<p>Having been a wannabe music/engineering double major, and having presented the defiant front when told it was "impossible," and then having roomed with a violin performance major and eventually having married a composer, doing both is, unfortunately, impossible... particularly in four years. I hear tell of ONE person who has done it, and I believe that they're the youngest professor to ever receive tenure at Harvey Mudd College. You have to be <em>insane</em>.</p>
<p>Having <em>involvement</em> in both... That's definitely doable. Participate in musicals! Join orchestras and bands! Nothing stopping you from participating. The thing that really hinders a double-major in music and engineering is that there's no way to get out of the long hours of problem sets and tons of courses that engineering requires, and there's no way to get out of the long hours in the practice room and tons of courses that music and musical theater require.</p>
<p>Doesn't mean you have to give up your other passion, though.</p>
<p>Thanks. As I am digging into the research a little deeper, I am not sure that Engineering is what my son wants. He is extremely passionate about the environment and the desire to protect it. This looks more like Environmental Sciences or studies and may be a completely different "animal" than an engineering degree. Maybe Environmental studies mixed with a BFA in MT and then graduate school will define what he does further. Does that make sense? I really appreciate any advice because this is the first of my 3 sons that has pursued a 4 year college and he is first generation as well, so I am really "in the dark" having no personal experience myself.</p>
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<p>One of my friends actually dual degreed (not double majored) in MSE and french horn in four and a half years. He wound up taking the extra half because both majors had a required class in a sequence scheduled at the same time of day, and he had to be present for both of them. :( He did put in insane amounts of work, though.</p>