<p>Is this possible with the quarter system "D" plan? I want to do something with business and biology/chemistry if possible.</p>
<p>Business isn't a major here, but double majors are possible.</p>
<p>Hrm... was it economics that I read about then? I don't know, I would just really like to do something in the business field as well as the science field. What would the schedule look like to do a double major?</p>
<p>it would look like you taking a class for each major each term, pretty much...</p>
<p>perhaps more, depending on your credits coming in and prereqs, etc.</p>
<p>My daughter is doing a double major in Econ and Biology. It requires some planning and she benefited from being exempt from the language requirement (done by exam) and from being able to skip the first year Chemistry sequence (again by exam). This gave her more room in her schedule to pursue the double major.</p>
<p>I went on a campus tour today and asked this question. The tour guide said that 14% (it was 14 or 18%... one of the two) of students double major. He said that to complete the requirements though you have to start working on your major pretty early (basically freshmen year) unlike most students who declare a major at the end of their sophomore year and then go on to fill the requirements pretty easily. He gave an example of a friend of his who double majored in physics and chemistry and minored in biology who is a junior and on track to graduate in four years. She started taking the required classes pretty heavily starting in her freshmen year though. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>double major in physics + minor in bio. gosh that's heavy.</p>
<p>Not that I'm planning to do so, but would a triple major technically be a possible?</p>
<p>Every year there are a handful of people who do a triple major, so yes.</p>
<p>Thanks for your answer. Can you tell me something more about a triple-major? Is the workload manageable? And how is it seen by employers? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>The biggest downside of doing a triple major (or even double major, really) is just that it gives you less time to explore and take random classes in various areas, and it will seem like you are constantly taking the same kinds of classes, and it may get boring. Personally, I like the freedom to take a random anthropology class or film studies class or some random language, just for the sake of it, even though i'm an econ major. The more majors/minors you choose to pick up, the less freedom you'll have to do that or to study abroad. But yes, it is manageable, and the workload isn't necessarily harder so long as you time it right with when you are taking the challenging classes.</p>
<p>my daughter, an 09, is majoring in physics/astronomy and art history. she hasn't found is too difficult to double major but she said you have to use your electives wisely so you can fill all your distribution requirements.</p>
<p>Thanks for your answers, bulldogbull & ursdad!</p>
<p>One of the things that is so key if you want to double or triple major (or minor in something) is to make sure it is in different fields. Because if you're double majoring in bio and chem, that's about 24 courses (prereqs included) out of your 35 here and you need to fulfill your language requirement, writing, and distribs. Its much harder to do that because most bio and chem classes fulfill the SCI/SLA requirement. If you double major in like history and chem, its possible to fulfill almost all your distribs except ART and LIT. You can always do a modified major if you want to study in two similar fields like bio modified with chem</p>
<p>Yeah, you can definitely do double majors. I think I know more people double majoring than I do with a single major.</p>
<p>Double or triple majoring is much more about planning than anything else. If you want to double major just make sure you know what classes you need to take and try and be efficient (particularly with distribs). Dartmouth is very friendly to these types of things.</p>