<p>So who here has a double major. If so what is it, and why did you decide to double major in it. </p>
<p>For me it is Statistics and Managerial Economics. I want to do actuaries and decided these two majors would help me the most in passing the actuaries exam. </p>
<p>So what about you.</p>
<p>I'm kind of toying with the idea of English Teacher with either another major or minor in Theater or German</p>
<p>I thought of double majoring, but decided against it. To me, a major is very restrictive. You have to take a certain number of courses, and you get a major in the field. I prefer to take courses in all fields I'm interested in, but courses that I actually WANT to take, and not those that I HAVE to take. For example, I'm majoring in biology, but also taking courses in Japanese, Government, Math, Physics, Psychology, etc. I was originally going to double major in psychology, but found many of the required courses wouldn't be helpful to me.</p>
<p>That's a good idea alukaszewicz, especially if you have more than one interests! I'm interested in 3 majors but more so with their different concentrations</p>
<p>I want to double major in Neuroscience and either psychology or economics.</p>
<p>i cant decide if i wanna double major in ee or cs yet but if i do they go together well i think it would help my job out look</p>
<p>I'm Dual majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering</p>
<p>I went Into them beacuse Because I high intrests in them both and I would like to able to write software and design the hardware for that goes with it.</p>
<p>In 197x, I doubled in Math and Computer Science. At the time, I loved Math and didn't want to teach and wasn't equipped to be a genius ;-) It was a fortuitous choice, as I've had a great career in software.</p>
<p>I'm leaning towards African-American Studies and Social Policy. Thankfully, the majors are interdisciplinary and I can create my own "schedule." =)</p>
<p>not many schools offer triple majors anymore do they? Just asking out of curiosity</p>
<p>Unless you don't mind being in school for 5 years. Most private schools want their children to graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>It's true, most schools say that you're not allowed to triple major. But if you come in with a lot of prior credit from AP tests or other college credit, you can still technically fulfill the requirements of 3 majors if you work like crazy. The only thing is that most colleges won't "officially" award you the 3 majors that you fulfilled. What will usually happen is that two of your majors are officially recognized, and then on your transcript and I think somewhere on your diploma, it states that you also fulfilled the requirements of a third major. </p>
<p>There are some colleges and programs that do allow you to triple major though. Washington University in St. Louis is a big one that comes to mind. And a really competitive program to get into called the Plan II Honors program at UT Austin generally allows its students to pursue triple majors as well.</p>
<p>WUSTL is a haven for double majors. It's almost 'normal' there.</p>
<p>I'm curious to know. If a person double majors, then wouldn't it be harder work?
This might sound as a derr question but, I've heard that majoring in one subject is quite exhausting considering how much time someone would devote to fulfilling prerequisites and balancing the other commitments in their lives. Wouldn't another major, especially if it's completely unrelated to your first major, be too overwheming? How would a person handle majoring in, for example, neuroscience and English?</p>
<p>If you find AriesAthena on the Law School forum, she double majored in Engineering and Classics...that's a tough combo and my hat is off to her.</p>
<p>Yes, double-majors are more work, especially the more unrelated they are, and scheduling is very tricky. My D is a first-year, planning a double-major in Math and Government, and she has her schedule mostly blocked out through senior year.</p>
<p>It's true that double-majoring will be a heavier work load, especially if the two subjects you're studying are unrelated. But some schools make it easier for you to double-major by not forcing you to satsify a lot of general education requirements and prerequisites. </p>
<p>Double-majoring is very manageable if you go to a university that's very generous with awarding college credit for AP courses. For example, I go to UIUC, and there are people that took enough AP tests to come in with 40+ college credits, and a lot of majors only require 120 credits to graduate. Plus, if you major in two subjects that are closely related, you'll be taking classes that will satisfy the requirements for both majors.</p>
<p>At some school mostly Public they make it harder to double major by instituting condition like only 1 or 2 upper division classes can overlap. Other schools say you can double even if all but 3 upper division classes overlap. If you go to school that greatly restrict overlaping of upperdivision courses then a double major is very time consuming.</p>
<p>VTBoy pretty much summed it up. I'm shooting for a double major but I might have to drop it if I don't make it through senior year. (What about honors, independent study? I might be eligible but I don't want to be a 5th year senior!) Thankfully I am creating my own schedule.</p>
<p>True about being able to double major at schools that don't require GE & breadth requirements. My D's school doesn't require but one writing intensive class...but she's doing optional breadth requirements anyway.</p>
<p>yeah.. i dont have two majors, but i have finished i think one major and four minors... so its pretty close to having two, haha</p>