<p>I am planning on majoring in STIA at Georgetown but have recently run across some threads that say it is mostly pre-med and not worth it.</p>
<p>I am interested in many fields - biology, business, and international affairs, history, etc.</p>
<p>I would prefer to not have to choose from these and STIA seems perfect to accomplish this, but is it too broad?</p>
<p>Here is the curriculum:</p>
<p>SFS core: 2 Philosophy courses, 2 Theology, 2 Hum/Writing, 2 Gov't, 3 History, 4 Econ, Map of the Modern World (intense Geography course), and proficiency in a foreign language</p>
<p>plus</p>
<p>STIA: Science and Technology in the Global Arena, 6 math/science/compsci courses, plus a few other courses for any concentration.</p>
<p>Would I be better off majoring in the school of business? I'm not sure I'd really want to go the intensive science route by majoring in biology, but that's still an option too.</p>
<p>glancing over the program, it seems to be a program geared towards people who want to work in politics and be leaders of industry in the traditional sense, but cannot afford to be technologically illiterate. </p>
<p>See: Sen Ted Stevens; tubes.</p>
<p>if thats what you are interested in, georgetown seems to be a consistent powerhouse when it comes to political types; i cant imagine it being bad in that respect.</p>
<p>now if you’re looking to blend multiple majors with science, look elsewhere. you’re not going to get the training you need to be a chemist/physicist/microbiologist/whatever.</p>
<p>It’s hard to combine science with other majors and get an in-depth education of both just because science takes SO many courses. I’d possibly recommend a biology major with some sort of international affairs minor, but since you don’t want super-heavy biology, that makes it a little tougher. So long as your future goals don’t revolve around science, the STIA sounds like a good combination.</p>