<p>I'm just wondering if anyone triple-majors at Columbia (CC, specifically)? If so, about how many?</p>
<p>What about 2 majors and 1 concentration? What about quadruple majors? Anything higher than that?</p>
<p>I think with the core it would be especially difficult if not impossible. Even double majors are rare/ difficult, or so I hear.</p>
<p>I heard there was one triple major at Barnard this year.</p>
<p>how typical is a single major with 1-2 concentrations?</p>
<p>how many courses (on average) for one major? for one concentration?</p>
<p>Triple major at Columbia’s kinda like drugs…just DON’T do it. I’ve never heard of anyone doing it, closest I know of anyone doing that was someone who did a double major where one of the majors was a joint major (joint major’s basically you take about the typical number of credits required for a major, but instead of one subject area you take them in two, so you take less, and therefore less upper-level, classes in each area). I guess the joint major is sort of like doing 2 concentrations, so this person did 1 major and 2 concentrations you could say. But also she’s an absolute genius, even compared to the rest of the Columbia community, and is now headed off to one of the top grad programs in the world. Also you obviously have to be willing to have very little social life if you wanna do anything like this, so personally I’d advise against it.</p>
<p>For a major, is the thesis mandatory?</p>
<p>To answer both your questions…
For a typical major I’m not entirely sure, I know for my major (math), which is more credits than most other majors you need 42 points, but you can find info on any and all majors and there requirements here: [Departments</a> of Instruction | Columbia College](<a href=“http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/depts]Departments”>http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/depts)</p>
<p>I’m not sure about all majors, but I know for math, and I would think for most others, a thesis is not mandatory. In the math department you do a thesis because either you just wanna do one, or because to graduate with honors you need at least a 3.6 GPA in classes counting towards your major and to have written a thesis. Additionally, from what I’ve heard a senior thesis doesn’t have to be “new” material (for math this is, I can’t say for sure that this is true for all majors), it can be about already researched/proven material.</p>
<p>At 7-8 classes a semester, no electives, and at least one summer session it’s possible but…it’s just so VERY unnecessary. A BA is a BA. Once you actually get here you likely won’t go through with it. There are plenty of Art History majors on Wall Street. </p>
<p>If it’s to follow three passions, I would opt for electives and concentrations (that require less credits to complete than majors). If it’s to make yourself more appealing to the job market there are better ways. Internships and research for instance (which you will not have the time for).</p>
<p>It will take away more than it will give you that’s for sure.</p>
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<p>I agree with what you say but “7-8 classes…it’s possible…”??? If you can find me someone who could do 7-8 classes semester after semester, I’d be extremely surprised.</p>
<p>I know some. Well one.</p>
<p>It’s pretty much the student you’d expect to take such a heavy load. Pre-med, Asian, not much outside of the classroom, Butler bound and just spastic enough to go by what I’m told is 2-4 hours of sleep a night.</p>
<p>You feel like a slacker just walking by that guy.</p>
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<p>my 8 hours of sleep and I feel quite smug walking past these nutjobs. Three majors gets you sleep deprivation, a whole lot fewer friends, and stunted social skills. I don’t care who you are, no med school makes up for that.</p>
<p>Don’t even kidding me. Unless your brain is 180 IQ and you have 24 hours a day, you can surely win with triple major.
Columbia doesn’t allow triple major.
You may do dual major.</p>
<p>Remember, major doesn’t earn you anything.
If you want to be a great software engineer, great, go for computer science or consider computer engineering.
Take master degree on your specific computer science or related core.</p>
<p>Triple major is a waste of time.
Dual major, is usually something like Science + Business
This is the most popular dual major choice</p>
<p>Errr, I think the most popular joint major is Econ-Poli Sci, although there are a bunch of people that do Econ-Math if that’s what you mean science + business.</p>
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<p>Yeah…that’s not a thing.</p>
<p>rest assured everyone, I’m not thinking of triple majoring. Dual majoring is the highest possibility for me.</p>
<p>I just read a book on college life that mocked the guy who wants to quadruple major. I’m just wondering how feasible it is. Thanks to everybody who responded.</p>
<p>well most anything is possible at columbia. i have heard of a triple major in SEAS, which just sounds absurd. i have heard of a quad major in the college. i know of 3 triple majors. and legend has it there was once a triple major who was also the captain of the varsity soccer team. taking 8 semesters of 21 credits would allow you to do a lot of things (and not cost you more postbac unless you take the summer). columbia would even let you take as much as 24 credits. all of this is so far at the end of the curve that even ‘normal’ columbia students would find it absurd.</p>
<p>and though it is nice to know it is possible, it is so unnecessary. i cannot think of a single reason to do it besides being able to tell people you did it; which by itself is a rather self-serving purpose. taking courses and doing interdisciplinary research is a better way to gain a foothold in different fields. plus consider what you lose out on by attempting a triple.</p>
<p>and though it is POSSIBLE to be done. it doesn’t mean ‘you’ are capable of doing so (with a broad you there). it takes a great amount of discipline, foresight and to an extent luck. if you need to take a class for your major and it happens to be at the same time as another class you need to take, it might not work out.</p>
<p>and no, a thesis is not required for a major, it is required to receive honors from the department.</p>
<p>lastly a comment on columbia major reqs - in general, and especially in the humanities, they tend not to be as robust as majors at peer schools, which makes doing a double+ major easier even with the bigger core. in the sciences, however, the majors at all schools are very big and not very conducive to doubling, though joint majors are a plenty there.</p>
<p>I don’t see how the ancient languages are necessarily harder.</p>
<p>You don’t?</p>
<p>No modern media to learn from (TV, videos, etc.), all the work is theoretical, extremely difficult to translate the material into fluency, immersion is impossible, modern books aren’t available, etc, etc…</p>
<p>With modern languages (e.g. French, Spanish, German, Italian), although certain aspects might be easier (like grammar), but you are expected to know more. By this I mean, fluency. There is no true oral component in studying Latin, Greek, or Anglo-Saxon, as far as I know.</p>
<p>I am thinking of doing a joint major in math and econ with a concentration in psych. How doable is that?</p>