<p>With the Core, how hard is it to still have a double major, say Economics and something else? Is it a popular thing to do? </p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about the "joint degree in Economics and Political Science"? Is that a double major or just one major with two aspects to it? Thanks</p>
<p>I don't know personally how hard it is, but someone I know who goes to Columbia said that it isn't too hard, you just need to be willing to always have 5 or so classes at a time.</p>
<p>I think that's what he said at least.</p>
<p>I heard it was near impossible to double major from a Columbia student. Perhaps it wouldn't be so hard in two related subjects that require many of the same classes though. 5 classes is a load.</p>
<p>5 classes is normal there</p>
<p>Is it possible to double major (if you're a SEAS student) with a major offered by the College?</p>
<p>I heard it wasn't possible, but perhaps someone else can verify/disprove this.</p>
<p>No, you can't do double major between SEAS and college, though I'm not sure about within each school</p>
<p>When I went to the info session there, they had two students talk, one from each school. The SEAS guy was pursuing a double major, one in engineering at SEAS and teh other in econ at the college.</p>
<p>thats only in five years i think</p>
<p>you can do a major in seas and a concentration (minor) in college in 4 yrs. in 5 yrs you can double major... it's a separate program, i think you need to apply in soph year. double majoring (within the college) is near impossible given core requirements. i used to be really set on doing one of the above.</p>
<p>i've resigned myself to a pure science major in the college. columbia is relatively inflexible.</p>
<p>My daughter is working very hard at the college trying to pull off the pre-med cycle of courses, a major outside of the sciences and possibly scheduling some time abroad during her third year. With the amount of time taken up by the Core it is a challenge. Fortunately she likes the Core.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the major. Looking at physics, for example, I think it would be difficult to impossible. Economics has many hyphenated majors ( econ-philosophy, econ-poli sci, econ-math, econ-operations research for example). I think those are pretty much the equivalent of a double major. Then, there is the possibility of combining a major and a concentration, which would be like a minor. Or, you could do two concentrations, since Columbia does not actually require a major.</p>
<p>What would someone do with two concentrations? It seems to me you would be stuck if you did that.</p>
<p>Double majoring in engineering and sciences is near impossible for most. Though i've seen it happen. Double majoring in the humanities is common.</p>
<p>MOST jobs that look for bachelors degrees don't care what the BA or BS is in as long as it is a bachelors degree. If you plan on going into an academic field that requires those skill sets, it is helpful. So it depends on what you want to do after college. If you are looking to go work for citigroup or ing or something of that nature, concentrating in english and econ, or physics and italian wouldn't be a bad idea. If you want to work as an astrophysicist for NASA, you might want to stick with a physics, math, or astrophysics major.</p>
<p>ew shutup syn angel i was going to do a double concentration.</p>
<p>how about a major + minor? my source at columbia said its definitely doable, but what have you guys heard?</p>
<p>yeah you can do that.</p>
<p>in fact, its recommended with certain majors</p>
<p>there's no "minors" at columbia..only concentrations which are a little more than a minor but less than a major</p>