<p>I am a high school senior interested in attending UF next year, and am undecided between Political Science and Economics as a major. I might be open to taking two majors, or majoring in one and minoring in the other.</p>
<p>I was wondering if any current students could tell me their experiences with the majors, and whether or not it was easy to keep a good GPA in these majors.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>This also interests me as potential majors.</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>cmon Gators! i’m sure one of you has the answer :D</p>
<p>Well if I get accepted to UF I would take Eco, this is due to the fact that UF is really good in economics, but if you like political science (like me) then I guess you could also minor in it.</p>
<p>well, UF is good at both poli sci and economics…and I’m a much bigger fan of poli sci…</p>
<p>I’m just wondering if any current students have any perspectives on the issue.</p>
<p>I feel all poli science people MUST have a background in economics. They go hand and hand, but consider that poli sci isnt math intensive and eco. required calc 2 and more.</p>
<p>I’m a PolySci major at UF, so I can help.</p>
<p>I have friends double-majoring in both, so it isn’t too difficult to do. Personally, I hate economics, so I went the polisci route. It’s not a difficult major, but the difficulty of the course really depends entirely on the teacher. An example - the intro level courses are taught by a different instructor each semester. The semester I took INR2001 and CPO2001, the instructors were easy - easy A! My friends, however, took them after I did, and struggled to pull B’s and C’s. It’s a good major for you if you enjoy debate, research, reading (there’s a LOT of it), and writing (a lot of this, too). In your essays, you often have to argue a point - not merely recite information you picked up in class. The teachers are all very qualified and competent, and most are extremely helpful, both in and out of class.</p>
<p>Can’t speak for econ, though. I tried Macro and dropped within the first week!</p>
<p>thanks Illusionx! I was leaning towards majoring in Poli Sci and minoring in Econ…I think that’s what I’ll do.</p>
<p>Both are great majors, I just don’t think I can handle taking all those math courses for Econ!!!</p>
<p>I’m not a current UF student, but I don’t think economics is a minor at UF. I don’t even think Political Sci is one either.</p>
<p>huh it seems you are right…there are variants of both, but neither is a minor…</p>
<p>sigh…i guess i can try majoring in both</p>
<p>lol, at least you have an idea of what you want to major in… I’m so lost now that I might need to consider being the first person in history to quintuple major (if that’s even possible).</p>