<p>Hello, I am currently a freshman at Cal and want to double major in Math and Econ, but have recently come across a difficult situation: I really love my Celtic classes and am seriously considering adding on a Celtic Studies minor. This is a dilemma for me because Math and Econ are already very daunting, and adding a Celtic minor would only further complicate matters given that I need to complete major requirements for both subjects and the general requirements for the college of letters and science.</p>
<p>Any sage advice for an idealistic freshman who is likely way over his head?</p>
<p>Why not just take courses of interest in Celtic studies instead of trying to check all of the boxes for the minor? For that matter, you may also want to consider taking just one major in math or economics and adding the desired courses in the other subject instead of trying to check all of the boxes for the second major. (What post-graduation goals do you have?)</p>
<p>Math major = 13 courses
Economics major = 13 courses
Overlap = -2 to -4 courses
Celtic studies minor = 6 courses
R&C = 2 courses
remaining L&S breadth = 2 to 4 courses
(is your L&S foreign language requirement complete?)</p>
<p>total = 34 to 38 courses (more if you need L&S foreign language)</p>
<p>Do you have any useful AP, IB, or college credit coming in? That might account for up to 5 courses.</p>
<p>With normal course loads, you will likely be able to fit 32 courses into 8 semesters. For more courses than that, you would have to take overload schedules. However, math and economics courses are not generally high workload courses the way courses with labs, big term projects, art studio, music performance, or computer programming assignments are, although some can be intellectually demanding.</p>
<p>I only have 1 semester of R&C (completing it this semester) and am on my way to completing the foreign language requirement by in fact taking Irish language courses at Berkeley. I have mapped out the courses I am planning to take over the next 8 semesters and it seems reasonable for me to finish in that amount of time, considering that I am planning to study abroad over the summer for a few of my necessary coursework in the two majors. MY fear is of the intellectually challenging nature of the two majors, especially mathematics, which is incredibly rigorous here. I plan on going to grad school with a focus on economics, particularly econometrics, which is purely mathematical economics, hence the adding of a math major. I must clarify though that it is Applied Math I am thinking of majoring in</p>
<p>For graduate school in economics, it does not appear to be required to double major, as long as you have the necessary preparation in math (104, 110, perhaps others), statistics (134, perhaps others), and economics (101A, 101B, 141).</p>
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