Double Major / B.A.S.?

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<p>To any current students, how realistic is a B.A.S. in English and Physics? Would I still have time to explore other fields with electives?</p>

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<p>According to this chart, the English major requires 60 units and Physics requires 77 units. Add another 41 units for GER requirements (IHUM, PWR, language, 2 breadth), and you're already at 178 of the 180 units needed for graduation. For this reason, Stanford tends to discourage double majors in favor of more breadth of courses.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/pdf/UG_majors_chart.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/pdf/UG_majors_chart.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Well, the BAS requires you to take 180 units, so some of your freedom in class choice will be gone. However, you can declare the dual/concurrent degree BS and BA, in which case you're required to complete 225 units.</p>

<p>UAL</a> - University Requirements</p>

<p>I'm in a similar situation--I want to double major in linguistics and computer science, and I'm considering the dual degree.</p>

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<p>180 credits is the minimum required to graduate. Most people have many more credits.</p>

<p>Many students double major in unrelated disciplines.</p>

<p>kyledavid80, you should look into Symbolic Systems major (but you probably already did ;))</p>

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kyledavid80, you should look into Symbolic Systems major (but you probably already did )

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<p>I did. =) I had first considered cognitive science, and found that symsys was the closest thing, but I decided I wanted to have in-depth study of ling+CS.</p>

<p>(Everyone I mention my intended majors to at Stanford tells me to check out symsys. =p)</p>