<p>I'm applying to CC Early Decision this fall. I have interest in a economics/business major. I came up with two options... I want to graduate in 4 years, though, and I'm not sure if both options will allow me to do so. </p>
<p>Option 1:
Economics-Political Science joint major
+ concentration in Business management
+ Minor in Arabic studies</p>
<p>Option 2:
Financial Economics major
+ concentration in Business management
+ Minor in political science </p>
<p>Which option would all my graduating in 4 years?</p>
<p>Financial Econ with business concentration is easily doable. The problem lies with polisci. You might have to forgo some “free” classes and overload a couple of semesters just to graduate in four years.</p>
<p>*Prefrosh planning to major in Econ and concentrate in business management.</p>
<p>Thank you for answering! Congrats on your acceptance. </p>
<p>So then Option 1 is way too impossible then. Do you think I could do another sort of minor–other than Political science–or would the same complications arise?</p>
<p>Minor (5-6 classes) < Concentration (6-9) < Major (12-15, often with a seminar or thesis)</p>
<p>That being said, you cannot minor in CC and you cannot concentrate in SEAS. So neither of your scenarios are possible as is. You can get a Fin Econ major, Business concentation and a poli sci concentration; albeit you would need to 6-7 classes most semesters. More power to you if you decide to go through with it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clear post. The rigor you mentioned was for 1 major and 2 concentrations.</p>
<p>How hard is it to have 1 major and 1 concentration in CC? how rigorous might it be as compared to just majoring in 1 subject without any concentration?</p>
<p>If the major and concentration have overlap (Financial Econ + Business Management) then its pretty easy. And I forgot to mention that CU has no minors for CC (thanks Saob). Business Management is actually a special concentration, which is even smaller than a regular concentration. </p>
<p>Minor + any concentration or minor shouldn’t be too bad. After you get in and you start looking at the bulletin (course catalog) you can start filling out the different scenarios to see what fits.</p>
<p>Major + 1 concentration isn’t so bad. Even double majors are possible comfortably (no more than 41 classes overall) in 4 years as long as you have some AP credits.</p>
<p>Keep in mind though, you can’t double count classes, except for the global/science core. So related majors are only easier in that prerequisites (such as calculus) are shared. However, from what the bulletin suggests, degrees like economics where calc isn’t just a pre-req, but actually counts toward the degree (6 pts in mathematics, 3 pts in stats, etc.), if you want to concentrate in something like math, you’d need to take an extra math class to replace the class.</p>
<p>And I just got that last bit from a summer advising session when someone brought it up. Kind of disappointing.</p>
<p>All students attempting to complete double majors, double concentrations, or a combination of a major and a concentration should keep in mind that they must complete separate sets of required and related courses for each field. A single course may not be counted twice for more than one major or concentration.</p>