<p>Are your classes split something like:
1/3 of classes related to your major
1/3 core classes
1/3 electives?</p>
<p>How does it change if you plan to double major?
How does this change sophomore/junior year?</p>
<p>THANKS</p>
<p>^bump… anyone?</p>
<p>my experience with CC kids per semester:</p>
<p>frosh year: 3/5 classes are core, 1/5 major related, 1/5 elective
soph: 2-3/5 classes are core, 2/5 major related, 0-1/5 elective
junior: 1 core each semester, 3/5 major related, 0-1/5 elective
senior: usually 0 core, 1-2/5 major related, 3/5 elective.</p>
<p>for double major replace elective with major 2 and take a couple of 6-class semesters.</p>
<p>This is general trend, there is no prescribed path, many people like to study stuff in chunks: get rid of core first two years, complete one major by junior year and focus on concentration / second major senior year. other just chill and do 1 major, some get drowned in campus organizations.</p>
<p>Confidential and Tiramisu:</p>
<p>So as not to confuse too much, there are only 4 college courses that you will be pre-registered for, those are core courses. The rest you can do at your leisure - following Confidential’s analysis, or as he mentioned front loading etc, but this is not the only way - I spread it out so I never took more than 2 core courses at a time. Also, a lot depends on your major and what you want to do there. If you do a social science/humanities, it is pretty easy to get the Global Core out of the way, if you do a science major - bye bye to the science requirement. </p>
<p>Think about it this way. You will have at minimum 40 courses at Columbia - at minimum you will have 12 core courses (about 1/3) not including PE and depending on if you have to start a language from scratch, a typical major is about 12-15 classes (and sci requirement, global core can double count here) another 1/3, and then the rest of the time is to your liking (12+ courses). Now 40 courses is a minimum to graduate, most students probably will take a few more, so if you want to double major and still have electives this is more than possible. A lot of students will take advantage of summer programs so they can academically advance quickly. Like our SEE-U program to fulfill the science requirement. So if you want to double major, or as a few people I know did - triple major. No one will step in your way. But look into combined major programs, they are the more efficient way to gain knowledge of varied subjects.</p>