<p>If you're an undergraduate student double majoring in music and another subject, could you give me some feedback on college life, the stress level, and how you manage to get things done?? Is it worth being a double major? I want to double major in music and biology, and I was wondering if that was a good idea................</p>
<p>i've heard that music is a total BS major, so it's pretty much like you will be 1 1/3 majoring really...</p>
<p>Music is far from a BS major. Music majors practice for hours on end. They also have to take a lot of classes. I know one music major who practices for 7 hours a day.</p>
<p>I didn't mean to malign the major in any way. It's just that from what i've heard, majoring in music industry (ex. production) is very easy. I didn't think of the fact that the OP may be majoring in an instrument; which is known to be tough.</p>
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I thought they awarded a BA? ;-)</p>
<p>Honestly, a double major does not really involve extra work; it's just a matter of scheduling the correct classes. You usually don't need to study harder or take extra classes, just schedule well and make sure you know the requirements of each.</p>
<p>lol @ people thinking music is an easy major...it's pretty much a guaranteed 5 years...it involves ALOT of work...especially music education</p>
<p>Umm...actually, a performance degree is a BM...not a BS or a BA ;) Music degrees from liberal arts colleges are usually BAs...but the concentration is always in music history, music theory or music composition- the more academic fields.<br>
Music is far from a BS major...it requires a lot of dedication to your field of study. While you may not be spending 6 hours working on problem sets, you do have to spend time practicing, or as a composer (composing...which to me is infinately more challengeing than churning multivariable calc problems).</p>
<p>By the way, I was a double degree music comp. and EE candidate at Northwestern.</p>
<p>my friend is at a top 25 college and is double majoring in music (saxophone performance) and political science. he's also involved in a frat and in a club or too on top of that. looks like it's do-able. </p>
<p>not sure if double majoring in anything and biology is possible though haha. but that's just my biased perspective from a college where the pre-meds are really competitive.</p>
<p>My friend is double majoring in music and biology at Berkeley. However, he's really worried about graduating in four years. Biology has a lot of courses to complete, and sometimes it's difficult to get a spot in all the classes you want. He really loves music and bio though so I think his commitment will help him complete both majors.</p>
<p>Um...what do you plan to accomplish by double majoring in Music and Biology? Just to have more options after graduation, to do something in biology and teach private music lessons on the side, or what?</p>
<p>Perhaps he's studying ear drums?</p>
<p>are you majoring in a performance major? cause.. that's.. a lot.. of.. time.. why don't you just minor in music? or continue taking private lessons on the side.. take some classes..</p>
<p>also biology and music don't overlap.. so what were you planning to do when you graduate?
i think double majoring in two completely different subjects shows distraction. you want something practical so you did biology but you actually want to play music. or something. why hire the biology/music major when you can just hire the biology or music one?</p>
<p>What about vocal performance and Italian or international comm.</p>