<p>what is the two majors you intended to do? and why are u doing double major?</p>
<p>I'm thinking of Business Administration and Poli Sci because they both interest me, and sort of go together.</p>
<p>Integrative Biology: to get into either a mammalian paleontology or physical anthropology graduate school program
Latin: to get into a Roman archaeology graduate school program</p>
<p>My primary intended major is economics.</p>
<p>I don't really intend to do a second major, but I do have three areas of interest that I suppose may conceivably mutate into a real double major in a few years, them being philosophy, earth/planetary science and sociology.</p>
<p>my "primary" major is psychology and I intend to double major with philosophy. they are both very interesting subjects and I just could not think about not majoring in either one (so I chose to double major). I just love psychology and philosophy!</p>
<p>The people at CalSO really scared me about double majors. Is it really as horrible as they make it out to be?</p>
<p>If you do a double you are guaranteed the right to register a ninth semester and the right to appeal for a tenth. If you are a single major, you don't get those rights. They try to scare you from a double at least partly because they want to get rid of you after your eighth semester, also, because some people have delusions that double majors always help people get into grad/professional schools or better careers, when they generally don't (though sometimes probably do)</p>
<p>history and peace & conflict studies for evr!!!</p>
<p>A good double major in economics and math will help greatly if applying to the better grad schools. I might do that.</p>
<p>anon5524485 (or anyone else who has knowledge of grad school/job prospects for engineering):</p>
<p>do you think a a BioE + IEOR double major (vs. just BioE) would be a good combination? I’m a little wary of trying to double because there doesn’t seem to be tooo much overlap in classes, but I’m able to skip 7 classes due to CC/AP credit and it almost seems like a waste not to do something like a double.</p>
<p>The problem with double majoring, especially in more intensive majors, is that you don't get enough room for taking non-"required" courses within your major which can often be essential to your training. In the end, you come out with the bare minimal for two majors and have two degrees to your name, but your understanding of both will be sparser than that of your peers.</p>
<p>In my opinion, a better way to approach it is to take select classes within that second major, whether or not it produces a minor. The big benefit is that you get to skip less useful pre-reqs and courses that don't interest you. You'll recieve a better value/unit ratio this way and you can still market yourself as having interdisciplinary training. </p>
<p>Double majoring will not produce an employment or higher education perk.</p>
<p>Honestly, people are overrating how much a double major matters. Oftentimes a minor in a topic will be just as attractive to employers as a double major without all of the legwork of taking extra prerequisites. An example would be the computer science minor, which actually prepares you enough to major in CS in grad school.</p>
<p>My suggestion rofflez would be to hold back on that double major. Take advantage of the 7 classes you can skip by working harder on the classes you DO end up taking so you learn more/get a higher GPA. If you really must broaden your horizons, I'd suggest that you do so with a minor.</p>
<p>My calso counselor was a premed double majoring in MCB and psych. Or maybe he was just minoring in psych?? I don't quite remember. But either way, he was crazy smart.</p>
<p>IB+Psych and MCB+Psych are fairly common and fairly easy to manage, relative to other double majors</p>
<p>^rofflez: I know nothing about IEOR. I can't answer your question very well.</p>
<p>In the end people should only double if they really love two subjects and they don't want to marginalize one with a minor. Also if you want to be a bio minor, you have to do a CNR minor or a BioE minor.</p>
<p>BioE and Civil, which seems kinda random</p>
<p>If I'm paying all this money for college, i might as well come out of it with two pieces of papers thats worth something as opposed to just one</p>
<p>Actually icie, you don't actually get two separate degrees. You get one degree with both majors printed on it.</p>
<p>Yes I know I'm being nitpicky. ^^</p>
<p>Also, I'm curious as to how on earth people can manage to earn a dual engineering degree. Given that you need something like 13 upper division classes for say, civil engineering, and you're only allowed to duplicate 3, you need to take 10 extra upper division classes (as well as some lower division prerequisites). This amounts to over a year of extra work, which the college doesn't allow.</p>
<p>That paper with two majors printed on it will still be worth more than a paper with just one major printed on it!! haha</p>
<p>I figure most of my lower division prereqs overlap and already fulfilled by ap credits/cc classes (chem, bio, physics, and multivariable calculus), so i think im good to go</p>
<p>however, i'm planning on retaking those classes (except chem) so i have no idea what to do yet, but i still want to graduate in 4 years, lol</p>
<p>but as far as i know so far, my first two years for both majors will have courses that'll overlap, so i figure i'll just decide in two years, lol</p>
<p>Two majors is not better than one. It's been said many times here already. In fact, it is more likely counterproductive. More classes = less time for internships and research. Having two majors also leads people to question your fluency in both.</p>
<p>I wouldn't go as far as saying it's counterproductive. Though I do agree that two majors will not help much in terms of finding a job (besides allowing you to apply to more jobs). Minors make much more sense in my opinion.</p>
<p>hm... thanks for the input everyone. guess i'll have to give it more thought and try to get more input from other people, too. most of what i had heard from graduating people was that minors weren't really worth it.</p>