<p>I've done the math, and I've discovered that it is possible for me to pick up a triple major in History/English/Government. I'm wondering is this worth it? </p>
<p>I'm focusing on a European aspect to these subjects (i.e taking British Literature courses, European history courses, and European political theory courses). I've considered possibly being an IR major (I speak both Spanish and French), but I'm terrible at economics. I could also be a global studies major, but this major just seems too broad. </p>
<p>I would have the necessary credits to fulfill the major requirements (AP credits helped a lot), but I would barely make the credit requirement. For example, my school requires 36 total credits to major in English. I would achieve 37 credits in English during my final semester. </p>
<p>As for the workload, it doesn't phase me. I really, really enjoy all of these subjects equally. If I had the chance, I would major in English and History and minor in Government. However, my school only allows you to major in both Government and English. You can minor in History, but I've already decided that I want to major in it.</p>
<p>If it really makes no difference as to the amount of work you’re putting in, I say why not? However, if it would mean adding another 10-20 hours of work each week, plus 5 more classes you need, and blah blah blah… don’t do it. A third major probably won’t outweigh the benefits of having a great social life and getting involved in other things.</p>
<p>Once you reach the point of triple majoring you’re usually compromising something. It’s likely that you’re not really going to be able to go very deep into any of these majors, not to mention the scheduling difficulties etc. I wouldn’t do it.</p>
<p>Personally I wouldn’t do it, since I think I’d benefit more from taking more specific classes in my double major. but it depends what you want for a career – if you want your options open, triple majoring could do that, but if you know what you want, there’s not much point. You can still probably take some classes for the 3rd major just because you enjoy it and not go for the major.</p>
<p>But if you don’t lose anything by doing 3, I don’t see much reason not to.</p>
<p>A lot depends on number of credits per major. I’m double majoring in two sciences; one major has 64 credits, the other has 72, and it’s been hard to squeeze all the classes in 4 years with gen eds. You said the English major is only 36 credits, which is nothing - how much are History and Govt? If they’re also around 36 credits, it won’t be too hard. If they’re 40 credits or more, it might be hard, and you’ll have like no electives, which sucks. Also, 3 humanities majors means tons of reading/writing intense courses. Obviously you like that stuff, but it could be overwhelming.</p>
<p>Why not double major and just take classes in the 3rd major for fun? Like double major in History/Govt and use electives for English classes. Career wise this will make no difference, because chances are your knowledge of 18th century Victorian literature will never be useful on the job - so only triple major because you really want to, not because it’ll look good on a resume.</p>
<p>I’d first wait until you’ve taken a college class before making a decision like this. It’s really easy to make a commitment like this when you don’t know the work involved . . .</p>
<p>government sounds useless…if you want to impress someone with your third major you should do something more quantitative to balance out the english/history</p>
<p>The only reason I would even consider triple-majoring is because I came in to school with a considerable amount of AP credit in history. At the end of my freshman year, I will theoretically only be 9 credits (3 classes) away from completing the required amount of history credits needed for a minor. My school requires 33 credits to major in history - at the end of this year I will have 19 history credits. So, I’m almost halfway there for my history degree. However, my school has a notoriously popular history department and it’s often difficult for even majors to get into the upper-level courses needed for graduation. </p>
<p>I also had some incoming AP credit for Government and English as well. </p>
<p>Ideally, I would double major in History and Government, with a minor in English. However, neither the Government department nor English department at my school offer a minor. History is the only department that I’m interested in that offers a minor; however, I’ve pretty much decided that history is the one subject I really want to major in. (i.e, I wouldn’t want to do Gov/English major with a minor in History)</p>
<p>After college, I’m looking at attending graduate school for history, but focusing on a more current, political aspect of European history. The government department at my school offers several courses in European political systems/political history that fit in well with what I would like to do after college; however, these courses are only open to IR/Political Science/Gov majors. </p>
<p>I considered an English degree only because English is a subject that I have been consistently good at. I’m also a big English nerd and enjoy reading and analyzing texts. I’ve already fulfilled all of the prerequisites (except the upper-level seminar requirements) for the English major in order to enjoy the upper-level classes. I find English fascinating (once again, my focus is on European lit) and I always enjoy my classes and do well in them. However, once again, there’s not much that I can do with an English the degree. The only reason I’m still considering it instead of government for my second major is because I was seriously considering attending graduate school in journalism throughout high school. And when I had talked to graduate journalism professors, they told me “we would rather have an English major than any communication major.”</p>
<p>So, I guess that a History/Government degree with a lot of English classes taken on the side would be more beneficial than attempting to do a triple major in which I only lightly skim the surface of the three subjects?</p>
<p>99% of the time, you won’t get any real-world use out of three majors – you’ll end up using one and not the others. Save the time and money and major in one, get two minors if you really feel compelled to.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think most people who double or triple major do so because they think it’ll pay more or something (it doesn’t). They do it because they have more than one interest and feel like having an additional major. Or at least that’s why I double majored anyhow. Honestly, double majoring in 2 Humanities is not that hard, especially if they’re 30-something credits and he has AP credits to begin with. I say pick 2 majors - History and something else - and drop the 3rd.</p>
<p>also, a library card will give you the same benefits of an english literature major, so I would reccomend drop english but it’s your call.</p>
<p>Then why do so many people I know restructure their course plans to fit in the right combination of major/minor/concentration?</p>
<p>To some extent, I understand that they want their degrees to reflect their interests.</p>
<p>But sometimes I feel that their interests are actually taking the back-burner to getting what I see as very superficial validation of their work.</p>
<p>My school is starting to get it’s top students to triple major, but even then the majors have very similar requirements. If you really want to do it, then go ahead, but I;m in the camp that says to drop the English major. </p>
<p>James098, some people view degree requirements as a sort of checklist. If you don’t check all the boxes, you don’t get a degree. There is often a little bit of freedom in choosing major courses, but that is reduced when double majoring. For many, the degree is a superficial validation of their work. Extracurriculars are often a way to satisfy an interest that one does not have the time and/or money to major in. An English major may decide to attend biology speakers or be a member of the philosophy club. Just because it isn’t your major doesn’t mean that you aren’t interested in that subject.</p>