<p>Can SFS kids double major within the SFS or double major with a major from the college?</p>
<p>No, you can only get certificates (which are similar to minors). Where are you gonna end up man? You ask a question a minute, which isn't bad I guess, but are you even going to Georgetown?</p>
<p>its my top choice right now but still consdering vandy nd and uva</p>
<p>alogn the same lines can SFS kids take classes from the college?</p>
<p>Yes, you have to take classes from the college. Econ is taught in the college I believe, English and foreign languages as well. Other students may take classes in SFS too. You just can't double major/minor between the two.</p>
<p>There are really very few SFS-only or College-only classes. NHS and MSB have a decent number of school-specific classes, but for the most part all students have access to the same large body of classes. Only a few like the Proseminars and Political & Social Thought are SFS-only. Off the top of my head, the only College-only classes I can think of are the Liberal Arts Seminar and any major-only classes.</p>
<p>Can you get a major in SFS but a certificate from the college? (or is that what Akajjred meant by "you can't double major/minor"?)</p>
<p>What about changing majors? Is that hard?</p>
<p>Not really, I have a friend who is a sophmore and has done it... three or four times. You just have to take a new set of requirements.</p>
<p>You don't declare a major till the latter half of your sophomore year, so its not hard at all up until then. Everyone in SFS takes the same core their Freshmen and Sophomore year, and then takes classes specific to their major their Junior and Senior year.</p>
<p>That's actually not quite true. You can delcare your major at the beginning of your sophomore year. Coming in with a lot of AP or other credit helps a lot if you're interested in pursuing certificates or new languages, though. </p>
<p>I started taking a completely new language when I got here, Russian which is a 6 credit class for the first 4 semesters, and I still should be able to add another completely new language, German, and complete two or three major classes my sophomore year. Granted, I'll go up to 18 credits/semester, but it's still very doable. </p>
<p>Honestly, though, never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined myself starting two new languages in college, and being able to travel to Russia after only one year of instruction, which is a testament to the whole way the SFS operates I think. Some stuff admittedly sucks, like 4 semesters of Econ, but every time I step back and think of all the opportunities I've had in just a year here and will continue to have it blows me away. </p>
<p>The core can be onerous and you have to be prepared to work much harder than you might have in HS, but honestly coming out of here with 2 languages--as many people now do--and a major in your area of passion you will be so fiercelty competitive for anything you could possibly imagine doing.</p>
<p>Are the core classes really specific, or is it like, "one english class of any kind," ect.?</p>
<p>For the SFS, the Core Classes are really general, with the following exceptions: (here's the list of core classes, by the way: <a href="http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/core/%5B/url%5D">http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/core/</a>)</p>
<p>If you want to know which professors are better for these subjects (in my humble opinion at least), shoot me a PM:</p>
<p>PHIL-099: Political and Social Thought. How you like the course will depend heavily on your professor and your TA. </p>
<p>First Theology: Problem of God, Bib Lit, or Asian Civ. </p>
<p>Government: Two specific courses that you have to take: IR and CPS. </p>
<p>Econ: Micro, Macro, ITrade, IFinance. </p>
<p>Map.</p>
<p>First History: Must be one of the three: World History, Euro Civ, or Atlantic History. </p>
<p>The rest of your core courses in Theology, Philosophy, English, and History are pretty much your choice.</p>