<p>I really want to double major in cultural anthropology and some type of engineering (probably computer programing), while also recieveing a minor in photography. I am aware that this i possible at some colleges and I was wondering if anyone with some expirience could tell me how hard this will actually be. How much of a work load should I anticipate? I'm interested in Penn State University so if anyone has gone there and would like to share any personal expiriences with this that'd be great.</p>
<p>It isn’t necessarily any harder to double major and minor, if you aren’t taking extra classes to graduate. The degree of difficulty will depend on your majors/ minor. The work load of your majors/ minor will depend on the requirements of the departments, but can vary a lot depending on the professor.</p>
<p>Well, those degrees you’re looking at don’t really have anything in common, so there will be little overlap in classes. You’re probably going to have to spend extra time fulfilling different requirements.</p>
<p>… Why? I’m a physics/mech. eng double major and math minor but my classes have a ****load of overlap. That said, I took 15 AP tests and I’ll still have to take an extra semester to graduate so I can only imagine how much longer you’ll have to stay.</p>
<p>Hold it!</p>
<p>most universities catorgorize their majors into smaller colleges (college of letters, arts and sciences, for an example), and sometimes they have different core requirements. Which would mean having to take more classes then nessesary… are you sure you want to do this? I would look into that before making a desision though…</p>
<p>by the way i’m double majoring in anthropology and history :P</p>
<p>At my school you would have to fulfill at least two different core requirements - one for the liberal arts college and one for engineering. For fine arts (if we had photography) you would have to take a series of intro art classes before you could move onto something specific - like photography or printmaking or whatever. </p>
<p>The university core would be the same but each college has a separate core they want to you complete in addition. </p>
<p>The only way I could see this working is if you got rid of ALL of your core classes by sophomore year. Or at least spring of sophomore year. Through summer school/CLEP/AP, etc. </p>
<p>I am double majoring and doing a research/certificate program that is 19 credits and minoring (Russian and Arabic - International Studies - Economics.) I switched my majors so I am a year behind and I’m able to complete this in three years with 4 summer classes (one online) this summer and one next summer and one test (SAT subject test in physics). I am going to be done with all of my core classes after this fall. However, all of my majors are in the liberal arts college so I don’t have to complete the extra things the science kids do. If I did I would be staying an extra semester or even an extra year. Also I transferred 21 credits through AP. </p>
<p>You MUST plan out exactly what classes/when you will take those classes. I understand there will be scheduling issues but having a rough idea that you have to take this history class by this semester so you can take the next level by the next semester is crucial. I would figure it out and show an advisor but continue finding out things on your own and don’t rely completely on them to keep all of your credits straight (at my school you would have a science advisor and a liberal arts advisor).</p>