Double major, Human Ecology vs CAS, etc..

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<p>I got accepted to College of Human Ecology for Policy Analysis and Management.</p>

<p>I have a few questions here.</p>

<li>Is doing a double-major necessarily better than a single major?</li>
<li>If doing a double major is better, I have another question.
Although I like HumEc and PAM very much, I am considering switching to CAS, because I think it will be easier to do a double major there (probably econ + govt).
I do not wish to do a double major inside HumEc (since there is no social sciences major other than PAM), and when I thought about doing another major outside HumEc, I heard it is very hard to do so, since each college requires a lot of requirements to complete.</li>
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<p>Will a double major in HumEc and another college be possible?
Is double major worth the trouble?</p>

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<p>You can not double major outside of HumEc, but you can concentrate in various subjects like law and society, ethics and public life, inequality studies, and international relations.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that employers and graduate schools often don’t care about whether or not you technically ‘majored’ in one subject or another – they care about whether or not you took certain courses. I took a bunch of upper level math and bio courses, even though I was in ILR. Grad schools can appreciate this.</p>

<p>If you are in-state, I do not think that transferring to CAS would be worth it. HumEc can offer you a lot of flexibility both within PAM and in your free electives.</p>

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<p>thanks. so it’s not major that’s important, but the subjects…</p>