Can someone do a double major in Finance and Economics with CS as minor.
What would be your choice of schools ?
Not enough info. Where finance resides depends on the school but most are in the business school. Economics is typically not in the business school.
Hard to double major unless you carry lots of AP/IB credits or dual enrollment. You typically have to meet requirements of both schools which is tough unless both majors are in same school. Some schools are more accommodating than others.
For Finance/CS you’d have to meet the requirements for business and CS. There are a few schools that offer specialized dual degrees in business/CS.
Your choice of schools depends on your budget and your GPA and SAT.
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Why would you want to double major in Finance and Econ? Is it because you are truly interested in the non-overlapping courses of the 2 majors or are you more concerned over employability? If it is the latter, there is little to no advantage. A finance degree (especially business school) will be fine for job purposes. If you are in a T20 program, there are very few undergrad BSchools, and an econ degree will work if you want to work in business/finance. Instead of a double major, major in 1 and take some other courses of interest to you that will hone reading/writing and quantitative skills as well as some “fun” courses.
A double major in Econ or Finance with CS would be additive on the other hand.
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Thank you ! I think he would be more interested for Eco major with maths/CS and finance.
Is minor from from a different school allowed ?
What kind of GPA/SAT scores are required for Finance/CS or Eco/CS ?
Chaks- depends on the college. Many don’t require you to declare a major at all upfront- so your GPA/SAT scores are irrelevant to the major- you get admitted to the university first, then in sophomore year you declare a major.
Worth it for your son to spend some time exploring the different fields to understand what they are all about.
IMO, I’d be less focused on “minors” vs. the actual classes taken. For example, as an employer in finance, an applicant with either an Econ or Finance major, who had a good number of advanced CS, math, physics courses as well a few heavy reading/writing humanities courses would be very attractive. A “minor” label doesn’t tell me all that much since there will be varying standards in what a “minor” means by school. I’d look into the courses taken in the transcript.
If your son is going to a university with a separate school for business and arts and sciences (where Econ will likely reside) it will be a school by school policy of taking classes in other schools within the university. Some schools it will be relatively easy. Others it could be very difficult. Many universities with a separate business school may offer finance classes for students in the arts and sciences school and econ for students in the business school.
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CS is typically a very competitive major at most universities. It pays well and typically attracts smarter kids. The acceptance rate for CS programs is usually lower than the overall acceptance rate of the university. Finance is also usually competitive, maybe not as much as CS but competitive. For example, at Penn State you need a 3.2 GPA to be admitted to all the majors in the business school. However, you need a 3.6 to be admitted to finance.
Most of your questions about majors, minors, divisions, etc. are very school-specific.
Note also that economics at different schools can vary in math intensity. Low math = no calculus, medium math = single variable calculus, high math = multivariable calculus and/or linear algebra.
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Many schools offer specific combined majors. Yale, for example https://economics.yale.edu/undergraduate offers Math and Economics as well as Computer Science and Economics.
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