<p>Is it possible to double major (Chem Engineering and Poli Science) at Yale?</p>
<p>Yes. </p>
<p>Not too long ago, somebody else asked a similar question: </p>
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<p>You cannot, however, have a major and a minor.</p>
<p>Err…I know that Yale allows double major but I personally think that Chem Engineering and Political Science are both hard majors so is it manageable?</p>
<p>Chem engineering will take about half your time – which is a lot in Yale terms. Plus, it’s one of the more difficult majors.</p>
<p>PoliSci is about 1/3 of your classes. Possible? Maybe.</p>
<p>It’s fairly difficult to do anything and chemical engineering, to be honest, assuming you’re going for the ABET program (22 classes including prerequisites). Poli sci is 11 or 12 classes. If you assume that chem E and poli sci only cover your science and social science distributional requirements (I’m sure somewhere in there a humanities or writing class is covered, but just for simplicity), you need 2 humanities, 2 writing, and a minimum of 1 language class. That’s … 38 classes minimum. I think most people only take 36. If you’re ahead in the curriculum (i.e. orgo as a freshman) you can reduce your classes by 1 or 2 maybe. Sounds stressful.</p>
<p>If you want chemical engineering as background and not necessarily to enter into the industry, you can do the non-accredited version, which is only like 14 classes I believe. If you’re considering chemical engineering as an actual occupation, it’s kind of hard to do a double major.</p>
<p>Other double majors are much, much easier.</p>
<p>you can definitely double major in poli sci and chemical engineering, just be prepared to do a lot of work. keep in mind that chemical engineering is said to be one of the most difficult majors at yale. </p>
<p>that said, if you manage your time well and stay on top of things, it can definitely be done. i’m currently double majoring in applied math and econ, and so far it hasnt been too terrible. my suitemate is doubling in computer science and intensive physics, and her boyfriend is doubling in mechanical engineering and intensive physics…so hardcore double majors can definitely be done.</p>
<p>Well…why do you want to double major? </p>
<p>It doesn’t actually look better for job applications, since you can just list all the poli sci courses you took. Double majoring at Yale is a massive time-suck, because between your two majors and your distributional requirements, you will have room for maybe 3-4 classes independent of the two majors. Just about every freshman comes in talking about a double major, then drops the idea altogether by the end of their first year. Out of all my friends graduating this year (and since I’m a senior, I know hundreds), I know maybe a dozen who are double-majoring, and most of those involve international studies, which is intended as a second major. </p>
<p>At a place like Yale, I hate to say, it’s just not worth it. Major in something you really like, and then take other classes as you see fit.</p>