double majoring in SEAS and CLAS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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Hello everyone,

I’m going to be a first-year at UVA’s engineering school this fall. I’m interested in biomedical engineering, but I know Eschoolers don’t have to decide on a major until the end of first year, so I’m definitely not set on that.

I actually chose UVA over Georgia Tech because I wanted a broader engineering education instead of a purely technical one. I love math and science, but I wouldn’t say I’m a “math and science person” - I’m interested in lots of things outside of STEM and don’t want to restrict myself to only taking classes in these disciplines.

What I’m wondering about:
As a student in the engineering school, would it be possible to have an engineering major and a major in the College of Arts & Sciences? I’m interested in Politics and in Gender Studies, so I’m looking at majors entirely unrelated to engineering. Is this impossible? Should I consider a minor instead?

I saw on a Reddit forum that as an Eschool student double majoring in CLAS, you only have to complete the pre-requisites for the second major, not the general ed requirements that the college requires; could someone confirm this? I couldn’t find this information anywhere on the UVA website.

And for context: I’m in-state, coming in with about 70 dual enrollment credits (I’ve been dual enrolling since my sophomore year at a school that has about a 50% matriculation rate to UVA, so I’m pretty confident the majority of the credits will transfer over to UVA and be helpful in freeing up space to take other classes) and I have some credit from AP exam scores as well.

Does anyone have any experience with double majoring in this way at UVA? Thank you so much!

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I can’t answer your questions but wow what kind of school has 50% uva matriculation? Jesus christ is it called uva high school

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@lightpassion I go to one of Virginia’s Academic Year Governor’s Schools (nope, not TJ, but it’s in the same system). And yep, people joke about it a lot.

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Normally, it would be said that an engineer would not have time for a major in the college, because the engineering schedule and requirements are rather constrained. However, you may have earned yourself the flexibility to make it happen. I’d suggest emailing a few questions to the department in the College where you might want to major, as well as to an academic advisor inside the E School.