<p>How doable is it to major in two completely unrelated subjects? ie physics (biophyiscs perhaps?) and psychology, physics and french, or physics and anthropology?</p>
<p>I also want to do this. Maybe Chemistry and Music?</p>
<p>Me too! I always want to do economics and politics. Is it easy to have double major?</p>
<p>How about between colleges? Like I want to study business in Olin though I was only admitted by A&S. Is that possible?</p>
<p>I don’t know about between colleges, but double-majoring within a college is done all the time. And yes, the double majors may be worlds apart, i.e. physics and art history.</p>
<p>Given the diversity and talent of the student body, and the welcome lack of a cutthroat atmosphere, this makes perfect sense.</p>
<p>D is currently Finance & Biology (and took premed courses). She’s a sophomore. didn’t decide to double major until this year. She thinks she’ll graduate on time (but plans to take Physics over the summer (2 sessions) to help with that goal.</p>
<p>Yeah you can definitely do that. The core requirements at WU are much more lax and flexible compared to other colleges, so you have much more tme to plan out a double major. I know very few people with only one major here.</p>
<p>Btw, you can have majors in different schools at wash u. It’s pretty easy because when you register for classes each semester you go online and basically see a list of all the courses offered in all the schools at wash u and you click on the ones you want to take next semester (clearly some classes have prereqs… I mean you won’t go and take like Statistical Thermodynamics if you haven’t taken any chem or physics classes if you know what I mean). Double majoring/minoring between arts&sciences and business is really common. Most of my frirnds in the Art and Architecture schools are picking up a minor or major in artsci, too. Enigeering tends to be the most difficult for obvious reasons, but it’s still doable and I think in engineering it really depends on what you study it seems (much harder for BME but probably lots easier for computer science or something)</p>
<p>thx guys, your answers really solved my problem.</p>
<p>So I guess I will think about taking double majors now…</p>
<p>Thanks! Does double majoring mean that you walk out with two degrees?</p>
<p>Also, is registering for classes difficult? I mean, do you ever get waitlisted or forced to take another class because one is full?</p>
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<p>Double majoring doesn’t necessarily mean you get two degrees, although you can. It’s definitely possible to get two separate degrees, but if your degrees are in different schools (e.g. Engineering and ArtSci) you’ll have to fulfill the general requirements of <em>both</em> schools. This varies from school to school and from degree to degree, so you’d want to look up stuff with your department - for example, some majors can’t be standalone degrees, whereas other majors (CSE, for example) offer several options, such as a BS, a BS w/ a major in the subject, and a second major in the subject that only counts as a degree if you have a “full” major in something else.</p>
<p>Registering for classes isn’t terribly stressful, but there are always classes that are tougher for underclassmen to get into. If, for example, you’re a freshman trying to get into “iPhone App Development,” you might as well give up. In general, though, class enrollment is set so that if you’re not trying to take something way too early, you should be able to get into some section of the class. </p>
<p>Don’t worry about being waitlisted for classes… it happens to everybody, and it’s pretty common for people to drop courses before the semester starts, or for professors to expand the enrollment limit when the course starts. My advice is to try to register for one or two more courses than you plan to take, then drop some once you’ve attended a session and gotten a syllabus. Definitely feel free to email the professor and ask if you’re likely to make it in off the waitlist, as well, since they’ll know how things tend to go (and could, if you’re lucky, just move you off the waitlist).</p>
<p>Note to the O.P. - I don’t think there is actually a biophysics major here… what we have is a “Biomedical Physics Minor” which covers the same sort of stuff. There are a lot of biophysics classes that count toward the regular “Physics Major”, though, so you could probably just start taking classes and see which way you want to go with it.</p>
<p>hope that helps some!</p>
<p>Soundwave, you mentioned economics and politics. WashU has a Political Economy second major, for economics or poli sci majors.</p>
<p>It is fairly easy to double major.</p>
<p>Dual degree (getting separate degrees from 2 different schools, like A&S and Art) is close to impossible if you want to graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>Biology (Biochemistry) and anthropology here.</p>
<p>AP credits come in very handy for dual/double majors. How generous is the college with AP credit?</p>
<p>Most of the requirements for majors can probably be found online. Some of the problems you may experience are classes that are offered only once each semester and are at the same time. Some classes in college only meet two or three times a week, but others might have more contact hours plus labs or recitations. </p>
<p>You might also find that if you want to study a language, you can pick up a lot of credits in an intensive summer program.</p>
<p>You can bring in a maximum of 15 credits to A&S and to art schools, which is not very much. </p>
<p>I think one of the other schools has a higher limit, but I don’t remember which one…</p>
<p>^^ You’re not limited to 15 AP credits in Olin.</p>
<p>Also, my friend is doing a Biology major, minoring in anthropology and biophysics</p>
<p>I want to do that too. I want to major in Vocal Performance at Columbia College and major in Culinary at RMU. It’s possible it’s just expensive and time consuming.</p>
<p>This thread is almost 2 years old…</p>
<p>lol @ not even talking about Wash U in a two year old bump</p>