<p>Would it be difficult to have a double major in Economics & Philosophy in the CoLA w/ a minor in Business Foundations? </p>
<p>Would that be a lot of extra coursework or not really? I want to do something business/economic related. I don't have the math background to get into McCombs, but I'd rather have an economics degree anyways...</p>
<p>Would it be better to just major in economics? I just think philosophy is interesting and a lot of people have both as their undergrad when trying to get an MBA, and then the business foundations could help me out landing a business job. </p>
<p>I like math and definitely know I need to take it to pursue a degree in economics, but to already have Cal 2 finished before even applying to McCombs and having a really high GPA is not realistic. Thanks.</p>
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<p>Lists the classes you need.</p>
<p>Also it does not count as a minor.</p>
<p>And its hard enough to get that with one major and a minor…</p>
<p>What does not count as a minor? </p>
<p>And what are you talking about with “And its hard enought to get that with one major and a minor…”---->what are you talking about? Name the major and minor</p>
<p>I am assuming you mean the Business Foundations Certificate?</p>
<p>Business Foundations is not a minor. UT does not count it as a minor. You said ‘a minor in BF’.</p>
<p>And I said it’s hard enough to do that program with just /any/ one major and any one minor. A double major would have a difficult time completing it vs someone having one major and one minor. If you are in liberal arts you are required to have a minor if you have one major. You said you wanted to double major, correct?</p>
<p>I don’t think two majors plus a certificate would be easy, but if you are coming in with a reasonable amount of AP credit, I think you can fairly easily pull off a CLA major, a CLA minor, and a Business Foundations certificate. A fair number of LAH kids do a major and two minors; this is close to the same amount of work. Without any AP credit, I think you might need to take heavy loads or go in the summer or take more than four years.</p>
<p>It is pretty easy to figure out exactly how many classes you need to take using the online degree planner. Put in all of the classes you think you will need and it will tell you if you missed anything.</p>
<p>Regarding your math background, if you haven’t had any calculus yet, that’s a couple of semesters of calculus before you can take the two second year econ theory classes - that could slow you down.</p>
<p>I haven’t eve had pre-cal. I’m going to have to take math this semester, then hopefully get cal 1 & 2 done by late 2010 or early 2011. </p>
<p>I guess I would just minor in philosophy rather than have a double major.</p>
<p>Also, I had 5 dual credit classes so I am ahead of the game a little…I’m going to be a sophomore with 45 hours already.
-15 hours in high school
-30 hours freshmen year</p>
<p>Given your math situation, I don’t think that those additional hours are really putting you ‘ahead of the game’ for trying to do a Double Major + a Minor. You’d have to do some serious catchup with that math, since it is a pre-req for a lot of things.</p>
<p>I’m coming in with 46 hours (AP tests) + 16 hours first semester Freshman year = 62. I’ll be a junior in Spring '10 and I graduate in 2013. I am in the perfect position to do something like a double major and a minor (or two). [I’m not though, just saying that I could.]</p>
<p>Be sure to take calculus C and D rather than K L and M; you need multivariate calculus before you can take microeconomic theory or macroeconomic theory, and one or the other or both of these seem to be prerequisites for upper level econ classes.</p>
<p>How odd. In all of my Business major degree plans, it states that I need 408K and L, and also I will have to take Eco 420k. Nowhere does it say that I need to take D or M, and my advisor told me that it wouldn’t be necessary to take multivariable.</p>
<p>But the pre-reqs do indeed state that some sort of multivariable must be taken. Hmm.</p>
<p>I didn’t know Economics 420 was required for a business major. Which major(s)? Is there one that is sort of like being an Economics major? Just curious.</p>
<p>Integrated BBA/MPA, but apparently it’s also required for regular Accounting too. Neither of the degree plans say anything about multivariable either. How strange.</p>
<p>It’s not a big issue for me if it ends up being an actual pre-req, I can take it this coming Spring. I already have only 10 hours that semester, so taking this would be better than some random it-doesn’t-even-count Elective, since I have to keep at least 12 hours for full time status.</p>