<p>I want to major in ag communication and dual-minor in equine science and creative writing. As of now, I plan on attending UW-Madison, but I'm not sure if they have those minors (they have majors with emphasis on them though).</p>
<p>My son is at UW, in the College of Letters and Sciences. Communication major is in the College of Letters and Science, and creative writing is a program within the English department (also part of L&S). </p>
<p>You can double major within a single college at UW fairly easily, as a student is meeting the general education requirements for a single College (for instance, at L&S, a student needs 12 credits each in Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, plus 2 courses in writing (Comm A and B) and 2 quantitative reasoning classes (Quant A and B). AP, IB and placement testing can exempt students from some of these requirements. </p>
<p>Adding a separate major at a separate college within the University means a student must also meet the general education requirements of another college. Equine science would be such a major from a different college (presumably the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) within UW. That is a lot to do. Not impossible, but difficult. An alternative is to take classes but not add as a major. </p>
<p>Please keep in mind, UW does not have minors. It has certificate programs available in certain areas which are generally not stand alone majors – Medieval Studies, Folklore, Archaeology etc. The certificate program has its own course distribution and credit requirements. </p>
<p>Consider Kansas State and Colorado State. </p>