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Certificate students typically major in a science or engineering but may major in any discipline except those that are part of the Woodrow Wilson School curriculum, that is politics, economics, history, sociology or psychology.
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<p>Is it really true? Although I understand that the rationale behind this restriction may be to weed out students who want to easily pick up certificates that happen to overlap with their majors, but I do want to major in economics and have a certificate in WWS. WWS does have a small economics component, but I don't want to major in WWS because I'd prefer to take more economics, with a small portion of WWS, public policy stuff etc. I want to be able to take what I want.</p>
<p>I don't think they allow exceptions to this. The reason being that the WWS curriculum consists of economics, history, politics, sociology and psychology. Many of the Wilson School professors and courses are cross-listed with those departments as well. The idea of their certificate program is to bring in students who are majoring in completely unrelated fields. The courses are still open to all students if you would like to take them. There is also a Political Economy certificate program that you might want to look into.</p>
<p>You could major in WWS and concentrate in economics within WWS. Or you could look into political economy. You don't even have ot worry about it until the end of sophomore year anyway, since WWS is relatively competitive.</p>
<p>I was in a terrible bind to, because I was choosing between Psychology and WWS. In the end, it comes down to what kind of independent work you want to do. I chose WWS. This means I'll be living and breathing education policy for the next two years, which is a topic I'll never tire of. Plus, I can't say no to a challenge. (=</p>
<p>But my advice for now is to just not worry about it (assuming you're Princeotn '12) Take the classes you enjoy, explore, and have fun. You may be surprised by what you discover.</p>