<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>I'm interested in working in VC and/or management in the Tech sector, so my prospective fields of study are business/econ and engineering (probably electric/comp sci).
I'm browsing around my top schools to see if I can construct something similar to Penn's Jerome Fisher M&T program.</p>
<p>Would I be able to double major in Econ and Engineering at Columbia?</p>
<p>If you’re in the College, you can do a double major in Econ and CS. I don’t think you can get even a concentration in EE though.
If you’re in SEAS, you can major in computer engineering (EECS), but it’s practically impossible for you to double major, considering the required courses for the major. You can add an econ concentration though.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks for the quick reply! 
Is CS really part of the College (as opposed to SEAS)?</p>
<p>CS is offered at CC and SEAS. The Penn M&T program is unique and can’t be replicated at Columbia (no undergrad business major). I’ve seen someone do an ad hoc M&T type program at UC Berkeley, though.</p>
<p>Also, you should know that you probably don’t need an EE/CS background to do the things you’re mentioning.</p>
<p>Thanks man.
I realize it’s not a must, but being an engineer is definitely a big boost for VCs from what I gather. Even without that, I’m really interested in technology, so I would like to do CS or EE even if it doesn’t help my career out.</p>
<p>So, consensus is that closest I can get is either:
(a) Double major at CC - Econ + CS
(b) Single major at SEAS - EE with Econ concentration
(c) Single major at SEAS - CS with Econ concentration
Right?</p>
<p>(d) Single EECS major (called computer engineering) at SEAS w/ econ concentration.</p>
<p>Another option for you:</p>
<p>If you start at either SEAS or CC/GS you can fulfill some basic requirements and automatically qualify (if your GPA is above 3.3 and you’ve taken certain core courses) for a second degree at the other school. </p>
<p>So, for example, if you’re at CC (or GS), doing an econ major, and you also take the necessary math, chem, phys, coms, etc., and do reasonably well, you can apply to seas around your junior year to be automatically accepted for a second degree. You will need to spend another year or two, but I think its worth it. It would be tight, but you might also be able to double major in econ and cs for one degree, and do ee for the other; though in this case, your credits would be completely monopolized with majors and core.</p>
<p>It’s very difficult to double major. Think long and hard about how good you are at these topics, and how much you love them. It will probably be a terrible four years, give or take a few weeks. But it is very difficult to double major in SEAS with a CS major. It has a lot of requirements. Electrical Engineering in SEAS, though, is basically two majors: computer engineering and computer science. You would definitely not be able to double major if you took that, but it’s viewed by others as two majors. So yeah.</p>