<p>DD started out dual majoring in Japanese and physics. For four or five of her eight semesters, she had conflicts with Japanese classes and math or physics classes. The problem was partially due to classes with labs or recitations. She ended up having to work with professors and missing lectures each semester. She did take her second year of Japanese in a summer program between freshman and sophomore years to loosen her schedule a bit.</p>
<p>It is doable, but very complicated. You will want to look at class schedules offered at the schools you are investigating. At DD’s school, sometimes it seemed as though no one jad ever done it before. And of course professors think their courses are more important than anyone elses’. When you tour schools ( or even before through e-mail), I would ask if students dual major and ask how accommodating the school is with scheduling. In my very limited experience, just scheduling for an engineering major is a trick getting everything to fit. </p>
<p>In the end, DD graduated with a major in applied math, minors in physics and Japanese, and a certificate in Asian Studies. The minor and certificate combined were more than 50 credits, which would be a major at most colleges. Hers was just really complicated and involved for a Japanese major.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>