<p>I read on this board that double majors were not allowed at Cornell. My D is there now for Cornell Days and the Society of Women Engineers open house. She was told that she could do a dual major where she gets her degree in engineering and gets a degree from another college on campus such as CALS or CAS. And it is possible in 4 years especially if one has a lot of AP credit.</p>
<p>This seems different than what I had read earlier. Can someone from engineering clarify?</p>
<p>Also, I had read that there is not a BME major--only a minor/concentration and the Cornell engineering website confirms this. But, again at the SWE thing, during a presentation, they showed BME as a possible major. Is this a new major for 2010 and beyond or are we misunderstanding something?</p>
<p>You’re pretty misinformed if you think double majors are not allowed; they are pursued frequently, especially by CAS students. There are also both double major and double degree options available at Cornell. The latter normally takes five years but I’d presume that with significant AP credit it would be possible to complete in 4 years.</p>
<p>What I should have said, was that double majors are only allowed within the school. So for engineering one can only double major in other engineering fields. One cannot major in ChemE and also English or Biotechnology or Economics or something like that. </p>
<p>At CAS where there are so many majors that is not an issue, but in Engineering, there are only engineering majors.</p>
<p>TKsmom, srrinath’s response to your original post was very much on the right path. If your daughter is very interested in pursuing “ChemE and also English or Biotechnology,” her best course will be found a dual-degree program. The dual-degree can be set up between engineering and either CAS or AAP, although in AAP only a fine arts or planning degree is acceptable, so CAS would have the lions share of options. Most students who opt for a double-major require an additional semester beyond the standard four years, so the additional semester or two usually needed for a dual-degree is only marginally more extensive. Lastly, like srrinath mentioned, if your daughter has a lot of AP credit, and is an exceptional academic, then she can petition to have the dual-degree be completed in less the ten semesters.</p>