<p>After having done a lot of research and read a lot of books about logic, I just came to the conclusion that it might be a good idea to major in logic (as a second major). It seems, however, that only 5 schools have a logic major, Harvard not being one of them. But since it's possible to create a personal major at Harvard, I'd just like to ask if anybody here ever created a personal major and has any experiences with it, or if anybody ever took a logic class at Harvard or knows somebody who majored in logics etc. and can give me some feedback about it. Also, does anybody have an idea how a logic major will look like at job applications? It obviously seems to be that there are only very few people who major in logic. Thanks for any logical answer :)</p>
<p>What exactly is a logic major? Doesn't sound interesting....Besides, you would use logic when taking a math course or philosophy. Logic, reasoning abilities go hand in hand. I think the Core courses use logic, so no need for logic concentration</p>
<p>Yeah, what does it mean to major in logic? Why not major in math or philosophy, depending on which kind of logic you mean - in both fields you can study logic extensively.</p>
<p>Mathematical logic or logic as it appears in philosophy?</p>
<p>Well, I don't want to major in math or philosophy, I want to major in logic itself. There is what the Princeton Review says about a logic major:
[url=<a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/majorBasics.asp?majorID=524%5DLogic%5B/url">http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/majorBasics.asp?majorID=524]Logic[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Based on your prior posts, you intend to major in Political Science/Government because you want to be a politician.</p>
<p>You list Psychology - Economics - Philosophy - Literature as potential second majors.</p>
<p>It would seem that you don't want to major in math, applied mathematics, computer science, or the like.</p>
<p>Given that, you don't want to major in Logic. </p>
<p>Go with philosophy. You will find the logic courses you are after there. Plus some courses in ethics and moral reasoning covering Kant, Aristotle, Mill an such others wouldn't be the worst thing for a budding politician to take.</p>