<p>Does it cost... double the money? How much more?</p>
<p>If I took a double major in political science and Japanese, would I still have to take general ed classes like phys ed, english, math, etc? Can it still be finished in 4 years?</p>
<p>If you are required to take general education classes, electing for a double major would not relieve you of that mandate. Double majoring often makes graduating in four years more difficult; but if you manage to, the cost should be unchanged compared to having one major.</p>
<p>But wouldn’t I be paying for an additional ~10+ classes?</p>
<p>You can still graduate on time, but yes you might have to pay for a few more classes. It depends what the 2 majors are and how closely the classes overlap.</p>
<p>The second major often replaces the elective classes that there would be room for with only one major, assuming the 2 majors are under the same degree program, which in your case, they could be. It may add a few extra classes, but not a lot. Even if it does add more than the total number a student takes for one degree, you may or may not pay extra per class/credit- that depends on the school.</p>
<p>Yes, you can still graduate on time. You might have to take a couple extra credits in a semester or over a summer, but that depends on how many classes are required for each major and for gen ed requirements, which depends on where you go to school.</p>
<p>Yes, you still have to do gen ed requirements. A double major doesn’t exempt you from those if those classes are normally required.</p>
<p>If it helps, I’m doing a double degree program, which is where you have 2 majors (like a double major), but they’re under 2 different degree programs, so it adds a few more classes. I’ll have a BM in Piano Performance & a BA in History. Let me know if you have other questions.</p>
<p>BA’s are typically easier to get than BS’s. </p>
<p>Upper division (required) classes for BA’s are around 24 credit hours (8 classes), while BS’s are usually around 36 credits (12 classes).</p>
<p>It’s easier to double major with two BA’s than two BS’s…typically, depending on the school.</p>
<p>Also, it’s probably “cheaper” to double major at a private school because you are paying “flat” tuition. Taking 18 credits a semester is usually the same price as taking 15.</p>
<p>At a public school it’s typically different, as you are charged per credit hour. So all of the extra credits required for the double major will cost you more.</p>
<p>As probably stated above, it’s best to double major in something that has some overlap in your primary major…or at least doesn’t require a tremendous amount of completely different classes. Majoring in Chemistry and Art History is probably not the best way to go.</p>
<p>^There are private schools as well where you are charged per credit hour. Typically, if the institution has grad students, it tends to charge by credit hour, versus something like an all undergrad small LAC where you might be charged a flat rate and very few people go over the amount allowed under that.</p>
<p>At my school, we have the flat rate thing. It’s a small LAC. We go by ‘course units’ which are each = to 4 credits/semester hours as a conversion factor. The normal liberal arts student takes 4 units, or 16 credits, but I think they’re allowed fractional amounts over that and not charged extra. I’m a music student though, so BA music students can take up to 4.75 all the time and BM students can take 5.5 (22 credits). I’m in the BM program (as well as a BA for a double degree on the liberal arts side).</p>
<p>The college I want to go to is public, so yea. It’s also very cheap, at least compared to every out of state public and just about all private schools, so even paying for more classes would still be cheaper than going somewhere else. I know there would be one overlapping class, and there could be another, but I don’t know. And would you need to take any elective classes with just one major anyway?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering guys :P</p>
<p>yes, you’d need electives with just one major in order to get to the total number of courses required for a Bachelor’s degree. There are some majors (even for just major) where you have no or few electives. I’m in the BM music performance program, in which you have your major requirements and gen eds, that’s it. The 3 electives you get are still within music, so there are no true electives in that program, so that’s the very extreme example of no electives.</p>
<p>I did the calculation for the college I went to and the double major is about 20% more courses/cost.</p>