<p>Is it possible to triple major at Berkeley? I know I sound like an overambitious incoming freshman, but I'd like to triple major in Business, Economics, and Japanese. Business and Economics just go hand in hand, and I'm just doing Japanese out of interest. Is this feasibly possible? Or should I minor Japanese instead, but it doesn't seem like majoring is really too much more work...</p>
<p>yeah it’s possible, i know someone who did it.</p>
<p>Triple majoring is possible, but really, it usually makes no difference in terms of getting a job or applying for graduate school.
It’s more something to brag about than anything else. You could have used the extra workload to take the most relevant courses to your career, instead of the most relevant majors. </p>
<p>Quite a few freshman aim for a double or triple major because they hear of its prestige, but many quit either because it’s too difficult, or because their second major is irrelevant to their career.</p>
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<p>Is this combination sound at all though? And would I have to do a ton of planning in advance? And I’m mainly doing Japanese as a hobby, since I do enjoy the language and culture, and I don’t want to let my four years during high school of learning go to waste.</p>
<p>I know someone who did it. We lost her halfway though senior year :(</p>
<p>Double majoring in Business and Econ isn’t uncommon. If you’re doing Japanese out of interest though, consider either minoring or simply taking interesting courses as electives and not necessarily for a specific degree, especially if it’s irrelevant to your career. </p>
<p>Either way, you’ll pretty much figure it out as you take courses in Berkeley though. Double majors or triple majors tend to flip-flop on what they consider to be their “main” field.</p>
<p>The main reason I’m even considering the major is because it doesn’t seem like much more than the minor, but yeah, I’ll take that into consideration. I’m just wondering whether it’s “sensible” or if I’m prematurely killing myself.</p>
<p>I know someone with a quadruple major lol</p>
<p>It’ll all make sense 4 years from now as you’re graduating…you’ll look back in hindsight and wonder why you didn’t do this or that and realize that you spent most of your time triple majoring.</p>
<p>It does help if the majors’ lower division requirements have substantial overlap, especially if some of those requirements can be fulfilled by AP or other credit when entering as a freshman.</p>
<p>For Business Administration and Economics, scores of 5 in AP Calculus BC, English Literature, Economics (both) should help clear lower division requirements (though you would still need to take Math 53, Statistics 20 or 21, and Business Administration 10). For Japanese, fluency in the language should help – the major requires 14 courses, but 6 of them are language courses, so if you are already fluent in the Japanese language, that goes down to 8 courses.</p>
<p>To see if it is doable, look up each major and try to construct a program of study that fulfills all of them (including their breadth requirements). You can do a rough first estimate by counting courses or units for each major, subtracting duplicates and courses fulfilled with AP or other credit, and adding any needed breadth courses. If the number is significantly greater than the number of courses or units you will take in eight semesters (typically 32-36 courses and about 120 units), then you may want to re-evaluate the double or triple major plan, unless you are willing to take greater than normal course loads.</p>
<p>i know someone who triple majored in business econ and psych… i don’t know her too well but I do know she basically failed the one Econ class we had together and was completely clueless about everything econ related.</p>
<p>i think it’s a pretty dumb idea to be honest.</p>
<p>It’s technically “feasible,” as are many things, such as 24 unit semesters and etc. However, just looking at the convenience, it seems Japanese would take a lot of time away from your more “important” coursework, and so it seems you’ll ultimately minor it at best. These are all things you’ll experience while taking courses though, and you can later judge whether or not majoring in Japanese is worth the opportunity cost.</p>
<p>jack of all trades, master of none.</p>
<p>i personally don’t enjoy people who double in econ and business since they seem to do it more out of convenience (just 5 or so extra classes for the econ degree) rather than out of interest or career necessity. but to each their own, i suppose. </p>
<p>the best advice i can give is this. talking to friends and family and advisers and fellow CC-ers about this is nice and all, but if you <em>really</em> want to know if a triple major is “worth it” you should contact a few cal alums who are in the field you want to work in after graduation. they’ve walked the path you hope to go down and they are usually more than happy to sympathize with you and lend you advice</p>
<p>If you like all three majors, and you’re willing to plan and put in the extra work (and perhaps the extra semester/year), I say go for it, especially if there isn’t much more work involved in the Japanese major vs. the minor.</p>
<p>Some of y’all have such pre-professional attitudes. What is this, UPenn? :P</p>
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<p>A career will come. Make the most of your liberal arts education!</p>
<p>Someone on another forum once said that double majoring was as useless as an obese prostitute.</p>
<p>Exactly, KnitKnots - some people just want to do it anyway.</p>
<p>^ zingg!</p>
<p>10chars</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I’m still intent on at least double majoring Business and Econ. I heard that there’s only a few more classes you need to take for Business to get the double major for Econ as well. How exactly does that work out? What classes would I take then?</p>