<p>Current USC students: </p>
<p>Do you know anyone who has double-majored in International Relations (LAS) and Business Administration (Marshall)? Would that be manageable in four years?</p>
<p>I am also considering doing this joint-degree program. I know a couple of people that have completed this and it is manageable in 4 years. You complete the standard 48 units with Marshall and an additional 24 units in IR.</p>
<p>The double major is manageable if you have enough going in.
IR requires minimum 40 units. I'm not sure howmuch of the foreign lang can be waived w/ a test.</p>
<p>Business has also 40 units, plus 16 concentration units (finance, marketing etc)
Business has prereq (calc, econ, stats) that are non business courses.
Calc and econ can be waived w/ appropriate AP scores, or community college classes.
2 GE's can be waived w/ AP tests. Diversity can be done at a CC even after you start at USC (other GE's are only given credit if completed after HS and before USC)</p>
<p>So, it's manageable if you've got a lot coming in, and willing to spend a summer at a CC doing econ/diversity.</p>
<p>The joint track is a Business major w/ an IR emphasis (so neither and IR major nor minor) but you get approx the same amount of class time as a minor would.</p>
<p>sunnydaysee, are you describing what it would take to do the joint degree program or an actual double major? </p>
<p>The joint degree program sounds like it focuses a lot more heavily on the business than on the IR, and Im actually most interested in the IR courses. But Id like to have the business background for its practical usefulness. </p>
<p>Ive done the APs for Statistics and Economics (both Micro and Macro), but I have not yet taken a Calculus course. The other APs I have are: European History, US History, U.S. Government and Politics, English Language, and English Literature. I have four years of foreign language, but Im not sure where Ill place in USCs program.</p>
<p>I'm sure you can speak with with an academic advisor at USC about this. Much of the information is listed online in USC's course catalogue.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was describing thedouble major. The joint track was what dragon17 mentioned and the last part of my previous post. </p>
<p>The stat's ap will just give you credit, but a 4 or 5 on econ will get you out of those 2 classes. A 4/5 on EuroHistory will get you out of Cat 1. Considering you already have 4 years of another language, at most, I'm thinking you would take 2 yrs at USC. </p>
<p>So it looks like you would need 5 GE's, diversity, 2 writing course, 10 business courses, 4 business concentration courses, calculus, stats, 10 IR courses, and perhaps 2 language courses which is 34 courses (136 units) [4, 4-unit courses/semester is 32 courses, so you may have to take 20 units a couple semesters, or 2 classes during summer school. If you take a class that covers both GE and diversity (designated 'gm' like Hist200gm) then you only need 33 courses.
So, doing the double major is tight, but it is possible to fit it all in. Your senior year might be messy because you'd only have so many classes left when scheduling and in IR, not every class is offered every semester. Check out the articulation agreements <a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/</a> and possible take a GE (cat 2,3, or 5) or calculus. The GE's must be done after senior year but before you enroll at USC to get a GE completed. </p>
<p>If this is too jampacked, you can always take an IR major and business minor. There are some really cool business minors (like 5 or 6) being offered next year like business law.</p>
<p>Thanks; that helps a lot. It sounds like it would be a tight schedule, but it's good to know that it's at least a possibility.</p>