<p>Can someone tell me more about this major? How hard is it? Is it practical/doable to double major MTEC and civil engineering? It sounds interesting because I like both econ and math. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Hey Modulation, first off congrats on convincing your parents that you’re coming to Rice! That’s awesome. :)</p>
<p>Now onto your question - it is doable only if you come in with a lot of AP credits that will take care of your introductory calculus, chemistry, physics, and so forth courses. There are not many engineering double-majors, but I have certainly spoken with several engineering double majors with MTEC.</p>
<p>I’ll PM you with contact information of some current students who are actually double-majoring in engineering and MTEC.</p>
<p>It’s doable, but as said above, you really need to have most of your basic science requirements out of the way via APs.</p>
<p>Some really basic classes (MATH 211, 212) will overlap, and take STAT 310 at some point soon, since it’s pretty easy, but required for a lot of higher level math/econ classes. You would have to take at least four classes to fulfill distribution II credit. This way, you’ll also get three of those out of the way.</p>
<p>It’s doable, but requires a fair bit of planning, and probably dealing with an 18+ hour schedule for a semester or two, but it’s nothing too difficult.</p>
<p>Thanks! I’ve got the calc credit and currently studying for chem and physics…</p>
<p>Is taking 6 classes/18 credits normal and doable with a social life?</p>
<p>if i recall correctly, james casey (the tight end) took 18 credits while playing football.</p>
<p>Lots of people take that many hours. I’m taking 18 in the fall. I wouldn’t recommend doing that your first semester, though. Hitting the ground running usually hurts.</p>
<p>I’m also interested in double major in engineering and MTEC but I’m not sure how to get it done since I’m international and don’t have any AP credits… Is it still possible for me?</p>
<p>^It might take 5 years or 4 years with heavy loads.</p>