<p>Remember that you don't have to declare a major till the end of sophmore year, and then even after that many people change their mind. There is no rush, and by talking over all the options face to face with upperclassman, advisors, etc., will probably make it much easier to figure out your course of action once you arrive at school.</p>
<p>I know. Ive already started to talk with some faculty...I just figure that the more I figure out now, the less that I will have worry about later on.</p>
<p>Don't sweat it... </p>
<p>Because you can't do a minor at Brown, people with two strong areas of interest may feel compelled to go for the double concentration. But if you emphasize a second area of study and fall short of an actual double concentration-- so what? Who will really care? Would anyone really need to see the full 18 courses and the official ScB to give you credit for pursuing a very challenging schedule of pertinent classes? I doubt it.</p>
<p>Be flexible to what you'll discover along the way. Racking up dual degrees is not more important than the journey.</p>
<p>I'd strongly agree with SBmom. Double concentrating can be cool, but if you only plan to use one degree, another option is just to take a bunch of courses in the other area without worrying about fulfilling requirements. I went in thinking I would double-major IR or Public Policy with ethnomusicology, but after a semester I realized that since I would never use the ethnomusicology degree, and doing a music major would take much more time than I wanted to devote to it, I might as well just take whatever music classes I wanted without worrying about requirements, and use the extra time to explore other unrelated areas.</p>
<p>can one double major in computer engineering and computer science?</p>
<p>Not in 4 years with the ABET engineering degree. I don’t even think that would be particularly valuable.</p>
<p>Are you sure it’s not possible? I count 21 courses for the ABET computer engineering degree (though I may be missing required humanities courses), which includes at least 5 courses counting to a CS concentration, including the math prerequisite. The AB in Computer Science only requires 10-12 courses, and with 5 of these covered by the Computer Engineering concentration, it seems that <em>technically</em> it would be doable in 4 years taking a standard courseload each term. However, this means 0 time for exploration and a very very math/science-heavy curriculum. I agree that it likely wouldn’t be particularly valuable, though there would be something to be said for taking one or more additional courses in computer science in areas that interest you.</p>
<p>Ok…Uroogla said that there were “5 of these covered by the Computer Engineering concentration.” Meaning the two concentration requirements overlapped. </p>
<p>**Do they allow you to “double dip” with classes? ** This is something I’ve really wanted to know but nobody has been able to answer definitively. I think someone said it may vary by department? If so, which departments allow this? </p>
<p>Ok…and one last question. I am planning on concentrating (I’m a freshman) in Applied Math-Economics ScB. My understanding is that this is one degree, but is it two majors? This has always confused me.</p>
<p>“Double dipping” is limited to 2 courses. You’re also required to take four non-math, science, or engineering classes to get the ABET degree. CS classes and engineering classes are also too time consuming to take all CS and all Engineering every semester.</p>
<p>Applied Math -Econ is one concentration and one degree. It’s a multi-disciplinary concentration.</p>
<p>I’m confused…some of these courses are absolutely required for both, such as CS17-18 and CS31. If the “double dipping” is limited to 2 courses, how could one satisfy the requirements at all? Or is that referring to electives that aren’t required by both?</p>
<p>With that said, I agree that taking all CS and Engineering courses each term would be killer. Certainly some people take 3 of their 4 courses like this, but they also never leave the SunLab. 4 sounds like it would be too much.</p>
<p>You can only count them toward placement in the separate concentrations. Twice they double count for course totals, beyond that you need to take additional upper level courses to meet the course number requirements.</p>