<p>Does anyone know about doing an economics major modified with engineering sciences? is it a way to sneak more math into your economics degree or is it more of like an economics major and engineering minor?</p>
<p>Well then, I was kind of asking about this [Engineering</a> Sciences Major Modified with Economics](<a href=“http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/undergraduate/ab/modified-economics.html]Engineering”>http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/undergraduate/ab/modified-economics.html)</p>
<p>anybody with a real answer?</p>
<p>It’s really easy! You can modify anything with anything else. My roommate’s actually thinking about doing engineering modified with econ. Essentially, most of your classes will engs classes, and you take however much econ you want. Heck, I can say that I’m doing a Econ major modified with astrophyics, biochemistry and women in gender studies… and never take a class in any of those. </p>
<p>Literally, it’s what you make of it. You usually do a modified major if you don’t have enough classes to fulfill the minor requirements in the second department, but want your degree to reflect a high level of interest and achievement in a second field. You choose your plan, you choose your classes and you go and have fun! </p>
<p>That being said… a minor in econ’s a pain in the butt, so either double major, or modify your major with econ. I think there’s like 2-3 classes in difference between the econ major and minor (a single track’s difference…), but there’s a pair of prereq’s and 5-6 other classes required for the minor. Just really not worth it. Either go big, or take some econ classes that look interesting and modify a major.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! So it would be something for someone wanting to focus more on engineering as opposed to economics?</p>
<p>I don’t quite understand your question. A modified major is for anybody who’s interested in multiple things but doesn’t have the time or the schedule to take all the classes and grab minors/majors. </p>
<p>I actually misread your question initially, and read it as an engineering major modified with econ. While there are econ modified with engineering people around, they’re rare. The simple fact of the matter is that the prereqs for engineering are ridiculous. They are more prereqs for engineering than some departments require for a minor. That fact turns most people off. Especially since most of the prereqs for engineering are weeder classes and will kill your GPA. Considering that econ is one of the least GPA friendly departments around, BAD combo. </p>
<p>Also, your first two posts reflect very different things. An econ modified with engineering is an econ major that satisfies (pretty much) all the major requirements for economics, including the prereqs, but throws in a few engineering classes. An engineering modified with econ is an engineering major that satisfies the buttload of requirements for engineering, but throws in a few econ classes. </p>
<p>To answer your final question, about sneaking more math into an econ major… I’ll go with two answers. The first is that you have more than enough time to do a double major or a major and minor. A double major is actually the most common thing for people here. It is, by no means, a stretch to double major in math and econ. If you don’t want to kill your GPA with two very GPA unfriendly majors, major in econ, minor in math, and then grab another minor in… sociology or something. The second answer is to do an econ major modified with mathematics. Since a lot of math classes will help with econ (diffyq, linear algebra, multivariable, graph theory, etc), they combine very well. </p>
<p>Hope this answers your question(s). Feel free to message me if you have more questions.</p>