High school junior here. I’m likely going to study economics in college, but I also have a keen interest in liberal arts subjects like philosophy, writing, and psychology. In addition, I want to go to law school so studying those will give me depth. Anyone know of joint majors offered at top colleges that might fit me?
I do know about the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics major at Pomona and Ethics, Politics, and Economics major at Yale. The Open Curriculum at Brown also intrigues me, so if anyone could give me info on that, that’d be awesome. Much thanks, guys.
Why not major in economics and take classes of interest in philosophy, writing, and psychology? Not everything needs to count towards a major, plus just taking classes out of interest allows you more flexibility with course choice.
So first of all, economics is a liberal arts. Economics is a social science - it’s in the same ‘bucket’ as psychology. (In fact, even math and computer science are liberal arts - the full term is actually “liberal arts and sciences.”)
Secondly, I agree with PhantomVirgo - if you are generally interested in the humanities and social sciences, you can major in economics and take classes in other areas to give you depth. You can also minor, if you want. An interdisciplinary major is appropriate if you are truly interested in the intersection of several fields and how they work together - so PPE is about the intersection between those three fields and how they influence each other. They can be good choices if you are equally interested in all of the fields and want to take a more theoretical, high-level look at economics.
What kind of info on the open curriculum do you want? It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like - there’s no core curriculum or general education requirements, and you have the freedom to shape your education the way you want to. But the curriculum was designed that way so students could get MORE breadth, not less; the idea was to allow students to broadly explore all that Brown has to offer.