<p>Does anyone know why it is not allowed for students to double major between schools?? (between McDonough and the College for example) I know students can double major in a single school and then declare a minor in another one, but apparently they cant double major in different schools.</p>
<p>Short version: the deans of the four schools believe very strongly that the core requirements within the respective schools are an integral part of the degrees that they grant. </p>
<p>In other words, to truly earn, say, a BSFS, it’s not enough to simply complete the 10-12 classes required for the major; you have to complete the same core than all SFS students do as well. However, the SFS core by itself is 16 classes. It would not be practical for anyone to complete 26-28 classes on top of the core and major requirements of their “home” school. The other schools have somewhat fewer requirements, but the point is the same - it’s not really feasible, nor desirable, to try to complete all the core and major requirements for multiple schools.</p>
<p>They will absolutely not let you under any circumstances. You could complete all the requirements in one school, transfer into the other one and complete all the requirements there, and even at the end of that whole saga, you would not be allowed to do it. It is extremely difficult to take courses across the different schools. For example, college students are only allowed to take 4 courses in the business school. SFS kids can only take certain certificate programs in the college and minors. It’s not flexible AT ALL. I speak from personal experience.</p>
<p>yeah that is what I have been told, thank you for the answers!</p>
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This is flat out not true. In the case of the business school and the NHS, many of their required classes are taught in the College. For example, MSB students have to take:</p>
<p>Economics 2 semesters
Humanities and Writing 2 semesters
Mathematics (Calculus) 1 semester
Philosophy 2 semesters
Theology 2 semesters
Social Sciences 2 semesters
History/Government/Classics 2 semesters
Liberal Arts Electives 5 semesters </p>
<p>Pretty much every single one of those classes is taught by professors and departments in Georgetown College. That’s 18 classes, or almost half of all the classes you would take at Georgetown. Beyond that, any room you have left beyond your MSB (13 courses) and major (5 courses) requirements can also be used to take other non-business classes. If you have some AP/IB credit that knocks out some of the core requirements, you have even more freedom to choose what you want to take.</p>
<p>In the NHS, if you’re majoring in nursing, your core requirements are:</p>
<p>ENGLISH: 2 courses, HUMW-011 (freshman year) AND ENGL-040-043 (fresh. or soph. year)
PHILOSOPHY: 2 courses, 1 General Philosophy AND 1 Ethics, before junior year
THEOLOGY: 2 courses, 1 intro. level AND 1 additional theology course, any level
PSYCHOLOGY: 2 courses, General Psychology AND Abnormal Psychology, before junior year
MATHEMATICS: 1 Statistics course, MATH-006, before junior year, or MATH-040, if pre-med
SOCIOLOGY: 1 intro. level sociology/anthropology course before junior year
ELECTIVE: 3 three-credit free elective courses (or 9 credits) in any combination of disciplines</p>
<p>Again, most of these classes would be in the College or other schools, rather than the NHS. The other three majors in the NHS have much more room for electives in other schools on top of that.</p>
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<p>The business school and the nursing school tend to have the most number of restricted classes (business and nursing only) and to have such limits. The reason for this is largely space restrictions (e.g. the vast majority of the slots are taken up by students in those schools and there’s not that much room left over for others). However, there are options available if you really want to pursue classes in those schools, such as the International Health and International Business Diplomacy. </p>
<p>Also, if you are a College student in the FLL, you can [minor</a> in business](<a href=“http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/collegefll7.html#business]minor”>http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/collegefll7.html#business), and there is also the [Baker</a> Scholars Program](<a href=“http://bakerscholars.georgetown.edu/]Baker”>http://bakerscholars.georgetown.edu/), for which every College student is eligible, which allows those in the College to pursue further business coursework.</p>
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<p>It is not possible to complete minors if you’re in the SFS. However, there are quite a few certificate programs, most of the classes for which are from different schools. And, again, there’s lots of room to take electives in other schools.</p>
<p>In fact, there’s really not that many classes “in the SFS” at all. Take a look at the major classes in International Politics, the most common SFS major: [GU</a> - SFS - BSFS: IPOL > Courses](<a href=“http://views.georgetown.edu/?viewid=56&term=09C]GU”>http://views.georgetown.edu/?viewid=56&term=09C)</p>
<p>The vast majority of those classes are taught in College departments like Government, Economics, History, Theology, Philosophy, Justice & Peace Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Sociology, etc. Only a portion are within the SFS departments (INAF, STIA, CULP, the regional studies departments). So you would be taking most of your SFS major classes with students from other schools and being taught by professors housed within the College.</p>
<p>There certainly are some restrictions in place - it is never possible to double-major in different schools, for instance, and SFS students cannot complete minors - but things are nowhere near as segregated and limited as some people think.</p>
<p>If you’re in the FLL you can double major in another school… this girl I know is doing Russian and Management, but I think it’s strictly a FLL thing…</p>
<p>It’s still technically considered a business minor:</p>
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<li>Business Minor and Business Coursework</li>
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<p>The Business minor and Business coursework programs are available to majors in a modern foreign language or linguistics only. The minor consists of seven courses. The business coursework consists of 14-15 courses, and is the functional equivalent of a second major. No more than 25% of the 38 courses required for graduation may be taken from The McDonough School of Business.</p>