<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I’m going to start my first year of courses at Brown this fall, and before I get into course selection I just wanted to clarify something.</p>
<p>How easy is it to be a double major at Brown? Is it possible to have a ScB and a BA and still graduate in four years? Is a double concentration and a double major the same thing?</p>
<p>I was considering majoring in some engineering discipline (probably mechanical or electrical), along with another subject. Would this be really difficult, or is it possible?</p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure if it really makes a difference, but I’ve got 5s in all the science and math APs, and am expecting more in history. </p>
<p>Any help would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>A double concentration and a double major are the same. It’s possible to do a “generic” double concentration without much trouble. One can complete the requirements for an ScB and an AB in 4 years (my program is one of this sort), but one would only receive an ScB, not both degrees (though it would be noted somewhere that one completed both concentrations).</p>
<p>Engineering and something else seems completely silly and probably not even possible depending on the AB program. Engineering requires a very very large number of courses, and these are typically the sorts of courses with which you don’t consistently want a 5th course with, which is generally what’s needed to do an ScB/AB in 4 years while having any electives at all. It is “theoretically” possible in that one could technically schedule it, but it seems practically impossible (and you’d have no social life at all, do no activities, be working all of the time, etc.).</p>
<p>The AP background wouldn’t help much, since it is, to an extent, assumed that engineers will place into CHEM0330 (the required course), and even if your calculus is BC, you’d still be taking the engineering calculus courses 19 and 20. No Computer Science AP credit is given, so that’s not an issue, and neither biology nor physics courses would be useful. I’d recommend looking at this schedule (<a href=“http://www.engin.brown.edu/undergrad/guide/CommonCore.pdf[/url]”>http://www.engin.brown.edu/undergrad/guide/CommonCore.pdf</a>) which shows the general plan. 4 of those electives must be in humanities and social sciences. If the AB requires only about 8 courses and it in one of those areas, you’ll note that you can do it but would get essentially no electives, which might be a source of concern for you (watching those around you explore and see a course they really are interested in outside of their area of focus and just decide to take it…that would be an option you likely wouldn’t have).</p>
<p>As far as history, you get credit on your transcript if you take other upper level courses and do well, but that won’t count towards the concentration. Is history the AB you’re considering?</p>