<p>I want to pursue a major in Chemical Engineering but I'm also thinking about pursuing one in Economics. Is it possible/a good idea for me to take a double major or is it too much? :S</p>
<p>Your thoughts on this subject are most appreciated :)</p>
<p>You never know, until you try.</p>
<p>In other words: It depends on the school. Try to map out doing a double major at your school (or schools that you are interested in, if you aren’t in college yet) and see if it’s possible and what type of workload it would take.</p>
<p>I want to attend UC Berkeley but I’m currently still in high school 
thanks for the input. </p>
<p>my friends told me that it’s going to be hard to do a double major so I’m not sure. I’m scared of the workload and whether I’ll be accepted…</p>
<p>Again, you never know until you try. When you get to college, you’ll figure out what kind of workload you can handle. Some people are better at managing their time than others, and some are better at handling certain subjects. Try it out, and if it’s too much, you can minor in one or just take courses of interest, rather than double majoring.</p>
<p>Why do you want to? It generally turns out to be a whole lot of work for no real benefit.</p>
<p>It probably does not make too much sense to chase the economics major as opposed to taking a few economics courses of interest. If you will be starting at CC (as indicated in your other posts), take the introductory economics course(s) at your CC before transfer so that you can take an upper division economics course as a breadth elective after transfer.</p>
<p>ucbalumnus is right but make sure any intro econ courses you take at CC will transfer and count towards the degree you want at the college you plan to attend. It might be a good idea to make sure you get past any weed-out engineering classess before you start on the econ major.</p>
<p>Double majoring with engineering is not frequently done, probably because there isn’t much benefit to it. Why not just take a few econ classes? </p>
<p>The exact requirements will vary for each school, but the typically the biggest problem with double majoring in the school of engineering and the college of arts & sciences is the need to fulfill graduation requirements for both schools. Getting an econ degree in a college of arts and sciences requires not just econ classes but also a bunch of distribution requirements - maybe a foreign language, humanities classes, cultural diversity, etc., in a larger number than an engineering school would require. Very hard to fit in all of the requirements of both and graduate on time.</p>