Question about changing one's major

[mcohen28]

<p>I remember reading something about a limit to the amount of times a student can change majors during, as well as after, FASET, and that exceeding this limit results in some sort of penalty. Well, I'm currently an applied mathematics major, but I'm still unsure whether I will pursue that or the discrete mathematics path. With the two being so similar for the first semester, would I be penalized for switching from applied mathematics to discrete mathematics later on in my college career?</p>

<p>Also, the reason for my uncertainty is my interest in computer science. I would like to at least minor in computer science. With this being said, does anyone recommend one of the math concentrations over the other for fitting in this minor? The discrete path has it built into the requirements, while the applied path allows for several electives that could be probably be used to meet the minor requirements. However, is one more convenient over the other? And is there a way to double major in mathematics and computer science? It seems like it would produce an extremely tight schedule. </p>

<p>Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.</p>

[G.P.Burdell]

<p>What penalty? After you start at Tech, you get 1 free major change. This means that you can change your major without any approvals at all. After that, to change your major, you have to ask the school for permission to enter their program. For example, you would have to ask the undergraduate office in the School of Mathematics or the College of Sciences (not sure how it works over there) for permission. Usually, approval is automatic if you have a decent GPA (2.5+).</p>

<p>They people that are penalized are the ones that change from Chemistry to Chemical Engineering, then fail chemical engineering courses, have a 1-something GPA, then can’t get approval for a change to Management.</p>

[mcohen28]

<p>Okay, so if I decide to change from applied to discrete at some point, I shouldn’t be too difficult. Thank you.</p>