<p>How much harder is it to double major than to just declare one major? How much more would the workload be if, say, I double majored in economics and environmental studies than if I simply majored in economics and minored in enviro or dropped environmental studies altogether. I've heard that economics can get pretty tough.</p>
<p>Economics/environmental studies is a pretty doable combination. Economics isn’t that difficult, econometrics is tricky for most and you might have to take some upper level statistics/math classes but generally economics doesn’t involve the crazy studying of most other majors. I’m a double major in economics & international relations and my courseload is completely manageable.</p>
<p>Would you say that economics is a generally easier major than environmental studies or the other way around?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Depends on you and your inclinations, and also the program. In some places environmental studies is more science-based and in others it’s more of a human ecology/social science type major. (My undergrad had two programs - environmental <em>science</em> and environmental <em>studies</em>. The first was more chemistry + physics + biology in an environmental sense and the second was more human ecology and social relations).</p>