Double Major with CS + Econ? or take more CS classes

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hello guys, i need some help from people who are in cs major, econ major, or cs+econ double major. My main focus is in computer science, but i thought about double majoring in econ.
what would be the standard schedule for a cs econ double major in 2nd semester of freshman year up to graduation?
im currently in cs61a, math 54, and stats 21.</p>

<p>is it doable to have 2 cs classes and 2 econ classes each semester and still have a pretty good social life?</p>

<p>or if i choose to stay with cs only, is it a bad idea to take 3 cs classes each semester starting from 2nd semester of soph year?</p>

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<p>and also will pursuing the math track of econ major along with cs major make any difference than a cs+ non-math track econ major?</p>

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<p>Can’t see why not. CS courses with programming (most of them) or hardware design (150/152) are the heavy workload courses; CS theory (70/170/172/174) and economics courses are not generally heavy workload courses. So if you don’t take three or more CS courses with programming or hardware design at the same time, you should probably be fine.</p>

<p>Those successful at CS will be good at math, so one would think that any CS major doubling with economics would choose the “more math” version of economics (someone good at math may find the “more math” versions of the economics courses more interesting and easier to understand).</p>

<p>But one question to ask is what your goals are in terms of adding the economics major. Depending on your goals, taking selected economics electives (and perhaps math and statistics also) rather than an entire major may be sufficient.</p>

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<p>in terms of job prospectives, would majoring only in cs and taking more 3 upper div per semester be better off than double majoring and take 2 cs and 2 econ classes?</p>

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<p>For general software job utility, consider taking at least CS 161, 162, 169, 170, 186, EE 122. Add additional CS courses of interest, and consider economics courses if you are interested in software jobs with application to economics and finance.</p>

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<p>which courses should i look into for econ if im interested in software jobs with application to econ? so i don’t really have to double major in econ; i can just take some econ courses on the side along with my cs classes?</p>