<p>I applied to CBA for 09 Fall and I plan to major in finance... but I'm also very interested in other subjects like philosophy, law, sociology, etc... but since Fordham requires me to take 16 liberal arts and 12 business courses... and in order to get the Bachelor of Science in Finance I have to take 10 finance courses... it means I will have only 2 free courses left (16+12+10 = 38 / 40) Does that mean its gonna be impossible for me to double major or minor in an area or two? Or is there some other way? By the way... was wondering if you guys can also do a quick chance... thanks!</p>
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<p>I despise chance threads. Sorry. Why? Because its inane. Nobody here on this board can "guess" you (or anyone) into Fordham or any school. Admissions is what admissions does. My D came from a school system that used a 7 point scale and did not give out B+ or A- or whatever. It was a flat A, B, C, D, F. So yes, that hurts in comparison to other students on the 10 point scale and who get the advantage of an A- with a numeric score of 90 or 91. But Admissions knows that and your school should explain their grading policy CLEARLY to Fordham when they send your transcript from this past semester. Fordham seems to put more emphasis on the quality of your coursework than it does on SAT's or a raw gpa score. Though all of them are part of the equation.</p>
<p>But, as far as your other question is concerned here is my response:</p>
<p>To some extent the "double major" or even "triple major" at some schools is often just another way of trying to market themselves for the employment world. Too often it is another realm of credentialism.</p>
<p>Fordham's core requirements cover the water front of liberal arts education: religion, philosophy, english, history, fine arts, math and science. It can take up to two years to complete, depending on AP credits etc. So you will have ample opportunity to sample their wares and see if you like something enough to get more credits. What you see more often at Fordham is a major and a double minor. That way you get your concentration in and still have lots of opportunities to take several courses in areas you have special interest in pursuing. </p>
<p>Eventually, if you go to grad school or professional school, you will have to decide on one path anyway. </p>
<p>Yes, you can double major at Fordham. Yes, its hard to do. Is that what you want?</p>
<p>I was hoping I could double major in Finance and Economics or Finance and Philosophy or something like that... You know if you despise chance threads there's no pressure for you to respond. Just keep it cool, because no one asked for that kind of opinion. Just my opinion</p>
<p>You can always double major, however, based on what you've said, it will probably take an additional year or so to graduate unless you take summer courses.</p>
<p>hey Plattsburgh, do you know if I can get take summer courses to get credits from other universities, and use them for Fordham? or will I have to take courses at Fordham only?</p>
<p>you're sort of in luck. the bad news is that I don't think you can major in economics because that's a major in Fordham College Rose Hill, not in CBA. check with the dean on that matter. generally though as a freshman you don't need to worry too much simply because you may just very well end up changing your mind (i.e. want to study something else, want to transfer to FCRH or out of Fordham completely) and even if you don't change your mind, the first two years you're taking classes for your core anyways (perhaps in your second year you might have to start taking classes for your major, but you'll get advising sessions with deans that tell you )</p>
<p>the good news is that you combine any CBA major with Economics as a minor and the extra workload isn't that much of a difference. in fact i hear this combination is pretty popular among CBA students (according to the Deans). the reason for this is that, you have to take 4 econ courses (Macro, Micro, Stats I, and Stats II) for your core requirements no matter what major you are. So that leaves you with only 2 more courses for the Economics minor.</p>
<p>Generally at CBA, a major is 10 courses and a minor is 6 courses. So you use the 10 for Finance, and you already have 4 out of the 6 for the Econ minor, so you'd just have to use those electives for Econ classes.</p>
<p>Another thing you can consider doing is a concentration which requires less classes (4-5 classes) than a major.</p>
<p>Areas of Study (including Minors) in CBA:
College</a> of Business Administration</p>
<p>Information on Concentrations:
College</a> of Business Administration</p>
<p>Requirements for Finance Major:
<a href="http://www.fordham.edu/cba/areasofstudy/finance/files/Undergrad/BS-AAF.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.fordham.edu/cba/areasofstudy/finance/files/Undergrad/BS-AAF.pdf</a></p>
<p>Requirements for Economics Major:
Requirements</a> for the Economics Major</p>
<p>Thanks BP that was really helpful. But lets say I wanted to major in Finance and do a double minor in Philosophy and English and not Econ for instance. Because the core covers two philosophy courses, I'd only need to take 4 in order to minor in it. .. that means I won't be able to cover this all in four years right? Because after the liberal arts core and the business core, and then take classes for my finance major, I'd only have two free classes left. In addition, if I wanted to minor english, I'd have to take 6 courses but I wouldn't be able to do this because I wont have any room for a new course!</p>
<p>Ah! I really want to go to Fordham, and I embrace the opportunity given by the university by the use of the core curriculum, but they make you take 28 friggen required courses and i dont know if I want to be left with little options... =[ what should i do..</p>
<p>honestly don't think too much about it. one or two classes in those areas will most likely suffice. there really is no pointing in trying to minor or major in so many things. if you want to take a class in other areas you can do that if it interests you. you don't have to necessarily major or minor in it. like i said, you can do a concentration, and take elective classes in all those other areas you want.</p>
<p>The first link that BP gave above clearly states that a CBA student can minor in Philosophy or minor in English so I don't see why you feel that you would be left with few options.</p>
<p>As others have posted, there is absolutely no point in having a double minor. It won't make you any more marketable or attractive to a grad school. The whole purpose of having a core curriculum is to give you a well-rounded education and expose you to many different areas of knowledge. If you already know that you just want to concentrate in 2 or 3 narrow fields and don't want to bother with the "sampling" of classes required in a broad liberal arts education, then Fordham is probably not the right school for you.</p>
<p>thanks all for your help. Let me just conclude by saying that I am not minoring to make myself marketable or anything like that. Receiving a title like " Minor in ________" doesnt mean much to me. What matters to me is that I learn a lot of different things to be a well rounded person, like you guys said. And let me just point out that I have no prob with the Liberal Arts core; I just dont like how the business core is so big when I will probably learn those things in the courses regarding my Finance major. Moreover, what matters to me is that, after I finish all my core courses, that I have room to study other things of my interest. I'm hoping that I'm able to learn about alot of things, not just the courses of the core and business, by the time I graduate.</p>
<p>Your best bet is to take summer courses at Fordham instead of transferring credits back and forth, simply because you'd need to get them approved, some may not be accepted and so forth.
I would suggest taking Core classes over the summer and focusing on your majors during the year since it can be difficult getting major classes sometimes. You can only take 16 credits over the summer.</p>