<p>I wanted to get a double major in math and phycology. I know these are both really challenging majors, so is it unreasonable get a double major with them? And secondly, do most colleges allow double majors? Any info about how double majors work would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>It’s possible, and I’m doing something similar except with econ instead of math. Just realize that the two majors don’t overlap at all in terms of required courses like say physics/math would so a larger proportion of classes throughout your four years will be either math or psychology without a whole lot of exploration into other areas.</p>
<p>Son is doing math and biology. Not a lot of overlap. It helped that he went in with 14 AP credits. He will graduate in 4 years. However, he was not able to do a semester abroad, which he really hoped to do. He is also picking up 2 minors - chemistry and French. However, he has not taken many classes outside of these 4 areas and I know that he would have liked to.</p>
<p>a lot of people double major in two unrelated fields- it helps to go to a school with fewer core requirements. There are even people who triple major. You just have to plan out your schedule carefully starting freshman year, but its totally doable.</p>
<p>Thanks! Do you know if it’s possible at a more math-oriented school? For example, Harvey Mudd or Cal Tech? Or would I be better off going to a school like Pomona, Williams, or Swarthmore (these are just some specific schools I’m looking at) for a double major?</p>
<p>At Harvey Mudd you can have an off campus major in Psychology at one of the other colleges. There are a lot of core classes, but Math has room for a few electives so it should be possible. My friend is double majoring in math and economics at CMC. Harvey Mudd requires a capstone project however, so you’d have to talk to the particular college about how a psychology thesis would work. Trying to do the Mudd one and another one at the same time is likely to be suicide.</p>
<p>As some previous posters noted, there is not a lot of overlap in the courses required for majors in these two disciplines. You might find some degree of overlap in statistics courses, (which might be accepted as methodology courses or as an aspect of decision-theory in a psychology major) and in computer science courses (e.g., artificial intelligence, which might be accepted in the area of cognitive psychology course). </p>
<p>Nonetheless, quantitative skills are highly valued in psychology, and very relevant to certain subfields in psychology.</p>