<p>The Mrs. found out that even if you complete the checklist for both according to school regulations at the time you need to declare ahead of time and do extra courses to get the double degree/double major. This would have added almost a year to her undergrad (Comp Science and Statistics). She chose to take the Comp Sci undergrad and did her first grad in Stat (no prereqs as she had done them all).</p>
<p>A semester before graduation she found out that the ‘Science’ elective meant ‘Science with Lab’ so she was not able to use STAT such-and-such as a ‘Science’ elective and had to spend an extra (hot) summer in school to learn about the differences between yogurt cultures in some Biology for Poets class (with lab). </p>
<p>Both were school regulations, the second more obvious, the first a bit more more obscure. I’m facing this in a couple years as DD2 will likely go double major Comp Sci and Econ or Comp Sci and Bio/Genetics. I don’t mind the extra year (considering how long the Mrs. or I were in college) so I would not worry about it.</p>
<p>Some majors can be done as an MS degree, but prerequisites could be an issue.So if you take, say, the Math MS prereqs as electives then you have another path to the second degree, and better chance for funding.</p>