I’m currently a senior in high school and I plan on attending a community college for two years to get Gen Ed out of the the way and (mostly) to save money before transferring to Florida. Ideally I want to double major in Computer Engineering and English if feasible. To clarify, I don’t want to study both courses because I think it will look good on my resume; I’m aware employers won’t care that much. I just have a sincere interest in the two fields and want to take class on them both. However, I’m not entirely sure how double majoring works at UF as far as costs are concerned, not to mention Engineering and English are entirely opposite schools with probably zero overlapping credits. Will it cost more to double major in the two subjects or will it be about the same cost if I manage to complete the required credits in the same time frame? I know I’ll have to give up most of my electives to fit in the additional English courses while I’m studying CE, but is the workload more crazy than I’m realizing? Am I just being a naive, over ambitious high schooler who’s better off minoring in English rather than majoring?
For everything you ever wanted to know about multiple majors/multiple degrees in CLAS, see the following link. UF has a computer science program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), so if you wanted to earn a “DUEL DEGREE” (a BA in English and a BS in Computer Sciences), its possible.
http://www.advising.ufl.edu/information/dd.html
To save money and time, you may want to think about getting a minor in English.
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/liberalarts/minors/english.aspx
Good Luck!
Hey @MisterMay. I’m a current student double majoring in Biology and English while completing the pre-med track. It’s a heck of a lot of work, you need to know that up front. You’re getting the STEM weed outs from your Engineering major and you’re also get some of the toughest humanities courses at UF from an English degree. You will work every facet of your brain, which is awesome, but exhausting. You really have to love what you’re doing and you have to have pretty amazing time management skills. You don’t enter college declaring a double major, so there’s no need to worry about it just yet. Pick your primary major (I’m guessing Engineering) and go from there, taking an English class or two when you have space in your schedule–which you won’t find that often, believe me. You can’t really make this kind of decision until you’re in the classes and experience how much you’re actually going to need to put into it all.
As far as fitting it into your typical 4 years: it’s definitely doable but I recommend sketching out an eight semester plan so that you have an idea of what prereqs you have to take early on to get to your upper level classes later. It takes planning because it’s a narrow fit, but it’s entirely possible.
Best of luck to you 