Double concentration?

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<p>Hi, this is my second time coming out of the shadows. My question is about double concentrations and the degrees you can receive. I know that if you want both B.A. and B.S. degrees, you have to do a fifth year at Brown. But if you do the regular four years and get a B.A. in English (just to give an example), you can still complete the concentration requirements for, say, Biology–you just won’t get the degree for it. My first question is, why is this? Is it just for monetary reasons? </p>

<p>My second question is, if you’ve completed the requirements for a B.A. and a B.S. in four years, does the school ask you to decide which one you want to get a degree for?</p>

<li><p>What if you double major in two humanities subjects, like English and History? Do you get two B.A. degrees, or one B.A. in one of the subjects, or one B.A. in both subjects? (same for B.S.)</p></li>
<li><p>Anyone know what Community Health qualifies as, B.A. or B.S.? It’s kind of a social science, right?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<li>You get a single B.A in both subjects; that's how it works at pretty much every school, Brown included.</li>
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<p>First of all, their is both an AB and a BS for bio.
Second of all, you do get to pick which degree you want if you do an AB and a BS. But, I'm pretty sure both concentrations will be noted.
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s3_academic_options/acadop_degrees_combac.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/DOC/s3_academic_options/acadop_degrees_combac.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think that getting a BA and BS (or AB and ScB, same thing) in 4 years is impractical enough to make it inadvisable. Let's see... the Sc.B in Biology requires 17-18 courses. A typical humanities AB requires about 10 courses. About 28 of your (typically) 32 classes would be spent in just two areas! That leaves just four other courses, so you really have no time to experiment with different subjects. I think that's why Brown wants students to get their Sc.B and AB in 5 years instead of four.</p>

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<p>you could take summer courses or take 5 classes in a semester</p>

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<p>Is it fairly easy to get housing/employment if you want to take summer courses?</p>

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<p>Won't you have to pay extra tuition for the summer term?</p>

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<p>yes
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<p>whoa aepeyser, that's a lot of tuition for the summer.. are you sure about that?</p>

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<p>no thats not the tuition, that's just my fulfillment of the 10-character requirement for a post.</p>

<p>i believe the tuition is somewhere between $7000-$8000 but don't quote me.</p>

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<p>Its like 2000 per course, and like a thousand or so for room and board each, so yeah 2 classes ends up about 7k</p>

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<p>I am relatively sure that when I spoke to a department head at Brown they said that the ScB would actually show up on your diploma and that your transcript will note that you have fulfilled requirements for both majors.</p>

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<p>I am absolutely sure you can choose for either the scb or the ab to be the one on the diploma.</p>

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<p>if you've done the classes required for an ScB, you get an ScB, if you've only done the ones for an AB, then you get an AB.</p>

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<p>sorry but thats not true. Neither degree is considered inherently "superior" and you can pick which one your diploma carries.</p>

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<p>i'm not saying one is better than the other, but most ScB degrees have more requirements. I highly doubt if you don't do all the requirements that you can still get an ScB.</p>