<p>if i major in those both will i have to take twice the classes, or do they have at least of the same classes? :/</p>
<p>There is almost no overlap.</p>
<p>Ditto zapfino. You write and you read a lot. Some of the critical concepts might overlap, but the classes will not, 99% of the time.</p>
<p>Ughh but it still wouldn’t be too difficult though would it? people double major all the time…</p>
<p>Unless your college has some crazy core curriculum, an English/philosophy double major should be doable. Though there’s a 90% chance that you will be happier with a single major. </p>
<p>The requirements for a major can get really annoying, especially when some required course is taught by a “bad” professor or you start having scheduling conflicts with more interesting courses. Most students consider a double major at some point and then realize that finishing a single major while taking select courses in another field is much more rewarding. Given that you are interested in two of the least marketable majors, there isn’t even a practical reason to finish a double major just to get that piece of paper. (In contrast to an engineering/business combination, for example, where employers in each field might care about the credential.)</p>
<p>B@r!um is correct ^^ (although as an English major, I wince at the “least marketable major” bit). I plotted out several major and minor combinations during my frosh and sophomore years, but by junior year, I realized that all I needed to get where I wanted to be – publishing industry – was an English major to make meeting requirements a bit easier, plus some classes in the journalism department to get a solid foundation. Major requirements can be utter ********, sometimes. Especially if half of the courses don’t appeal to you.</p>
<p>okay we can’t all be engineers! Philosophy will help me with the LSAT and law school while English with writing skills and if I decide to go the phd route… which is a dangerous route i know… but still! So yes I feel that it would be wise for me to major in both of those ‘unmarketable’ majors :P</p>
<p>The world would be so boring if we were all engineers. /shiver</p>
<p>Engineering is a great major, but it is not rewarding unless the person majoring in it actually wants to do it. Otherwise, even if the person gets the degree, the job will be boring.</p>
<p>Yes I agree that engineering is a good major… I wish I liked that stuff, everything would be so much simpler…</p>
<p>classes won’t overlap, but you may find that completing one major will be more of a breeze than the other. this might be for the reasons mentioned above. some departments will offer classes that appeal more to you and this will make it easier to finish one major in one department. although it might be nice to think all departments are equal across the country, and thus offer the same classes with consistency on a regular basis, not all departments are the same. You may open up a course catalog in a department and find the most interesting courses in the department, but end up realizing that they’re only offered once every two years or when a guest lecturer comes in. you may also find that what first drew you to a major may end up leading to an opposite experience once in college.</p>
<p>also have you looked into schools like st john’s college. the great books program I believe could be a great option for you as you’ll be reading both philosophy and literature as part of the curriculum.</p>