<p>Is it possible to double major in economics and mathematics all while taking a language for four years? I have done it on paper and it works in theory but what exactly are the core requirements and do they let you double-dip with electives in the two different majors? Thanks,</p>
<p>I don't much about this stuff, but if you are interested in taking language for four years you might as well triple major in it...You would probably have taken the necessary classes to do so.</p>
<p>language here is really really really intense. my roomate is taking introductory greek and failing miserably while spending upwards of 10 hours a day doing greek translation and whatnot and a large part of his weekend. hes also a math major which is suffering from language even though he is really good in it. some kids in his class did about 7 years of greek before coming here and have dropped out of it due to failing.</p>
<p>bubbloy_two-</p>
<p>Who is your roomate's prof for Greek 103? </p>
<p>By the way, I took the first year Greek sequence over the past summer, and most of the class dropped the course. I am currently auditing Intermediate (Homer's Iliad this quarter), and it is miserably difficult. I have about 4 hours of translation/night, but I guess that is not as bad as your roomate, so I shouldn't be complaining. </p>
<p>I, too, am considering math as a major (I will be a first year in the fall.). I have thought of double-majoring in math and classics, but that may be off, as I will receive no credit for my two years of Greek at the university, and hence, I would have to take Advanced Greek and a grad course. That is a lot, and I don't know if I want to be suicidal. . . Then again, math is by no means the easy way out.</p>
<p>By the way, did some of those students take Greek in high school? How does that work out?</p>
<p>Bump, I still need my questions answered. What is the difficulty level of math? I am no genius but I am perfectly capable of sittig down and doing work. Will I be able to juggle all of these courses? Has anyone else done it?</p>
<p>You might have better luck posting your question here: <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/uchicago/%5B/url%5D">http://community.livejournal.com/uchicago/</a></p>
<p>michael: there are so many options for math here. you can do any combination of slow, medium, or fast paced levels of calc, analysis, and algebra, respectively for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years here, and that'll determine whether you can juggle it. if, for example, you take regular calc, analysis, and algebra, you will be able to do okay pretty much no matter your skill level as long as you put some good effort into it. to compare, however, if you want to take the honors level for all of those courses, you're going to have to put in serious effort even if youre very good at math (read: honors analysis is dubbed one of the hardest undergrad math classes in the nation, taught by the infamous paul sally). so you can do math here, it just matters at what pace, at what level?</p>
<p>What class is comparative to Calculus A, B and C? D?</p>
<p>I am considering math as a major, and I was wondering if it is best for someone not extremely good at math but who enjoys it (that would be me!) to take a regular calc course next year and then move on to algebra and analysis, etc., just taking the regular sequence and not the honors? Or do most math majors take honors? I don't think I am up to that, so I am a bit worried, especially since math is no easy major. . .</p>
<p>Which majors are most popular at Chicago other than economics?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me about the honors analysis and honors algebra courses, in terms of material covered, texts used, if any, etc?</p>
<p>Outside of Economics this is difficult question for U of C (24% of last year's graduating class). There are just so many majors that at times they get lumped together in popular reporting. Reported popularity: biological science, English, psychology, and political science. Here is a list of the majors offered and my favorite, a list of majors not offered.</p>
<p>samwise,</p>
<p>Honors Algebra uses Dummit & Foote and Honors Analysis uses mostly Baby Rudin, and a little bit from supplementary texts (e.g., Spivak's manifolds textbooks). In terms of material covered Honors Analysis is directly comparable to Harvard's Math 55<em>. Honors Algebra is usually verbatim from D&F, up to Galois Theory</em>*.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>*: It also depends on who is teaching it. The year I took it Paul Sally taught all three quarters which meant that we covered material which is not usually taught at all at the undergraduate level, like abstract fourier analysis (i.e., over groups) and p-adic analysis. Some years it is more straight-forward.</p>
<p>**: Again, this depends on who is teaching it. My friends in the other section of Honors Algebra wound up doing a lot of algebraic number theory by the end of the year.</p>
<p>Don't sell yourself short, Katharos. If you take the math placement test and get invited into one of the Honors sections jump at the chance. It'll be like nothing you've ever done before, and you'll learn very quickly if you really "like" math or if you've just been mistaken about what math really is all this time.</p>
<p>I took Honors Calculus first year and it sealed the deal even though the first day felt like I was hit by a truck. It's worth all the blood and sweat.</p>