Double major + minor at UIUC as a transfer?

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<p>Hey everyone, I've got a few questions about major requirements at UIUC. I'm in a CC right now, and hoping to transfer to UIUC after getting my associates. I'm a physics major right now, and planning on transferring as a double major in mathematics and physics...plus a minor in either computer science or philosophy. Will I run into any problems with my plans? I've scoured the different articulation guides, and I've set up a course plan at my CC to get all of my required lower level courses finished here. I'll have Calc I, II, and III...plus Calc Physics I, II, and III completed. As well as a year of general chemistry, and a calculus based computer science class for science and engineering. Additionally, I'll have almost my entire gened curriculum completed...but I'll only have a year of foreign language done. So, aside from an additional year of a foreign language, and the few required in-house geneds at UIUC (advanced composition...western/non-western studies) I'll be able to focus almost entirely on my major(s). </p>

<p>Does this sound like a doable plan? I really want to go into astrophysics, so I'm mainly interested in the physics major with the astrophysics concentration. There is a decent amount of course overlap between the physics and math majors...and I wouldn't really have to take any extra supporting math classes for the computer science minor. Are there any potential snags I should be keeping in mind?</p>

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<p>The one thing I can say being a transfer student to UIUC engineering from a CC is don’t overload yourself the first semester. It’s not so much the difficulty of the coursework, but it takes a while to get used to how things are done here.</p>

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<p>Well I’m not transferring into engineering, but I’m sure that’s still some very solid advice either way. We’ll see how things go…but odds are I’ll end up with a fairly heavy workload right off the bat. I’ll definitely keep that in mind though. Thanks for the tip.</p>

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<p>Bump. Anyone else got any advice?</p>

<p>I was also wondering about the western/non-western cultures course requirements. If I were to use World Religions and Western Religions as my courses to meet those requirements…would they also count towards the courses towards a philosophy minor? Or does that gened requirement have to be met with courses outside of your major/minor?</p>