vodkaNcaviar

this summer ill be heading to UF and I was thinking about majoring in business management.
my parents however, want me to double major.
how hard would it be to double major in business management and economics? or maybe marketing.
i know an economics major is known to be hard but we figured since management and economic major requires similar classes i figured it would just require a few more extra classes.

or maybe since I'm double majoring I could do something other than another business major i can do something completely different like Criminology and law, or political science
so how hard would it be to have a double?
one that has similar class requirements
or should take another major that is different? but that i would be interested in?

thanks!

papertiger87

Why do they want you to double major?

PRiNCESSMAHiNA

I think it depends on the majors, as to how difficult it is. Side note, why can't you make one of them a minor? A double major is an awful lot of work, and might even prevent you from graduating in four years (if finances are an issue).

AlixMRoz

I can't speak for at your school, but at mine the economics major is very concentrated and does not cross over with business aside from the basic classes. Business tends to cross over with finance or marketing.

-Economics major.

DJpsu2015

It really depends on your school's program. I'm actually double majoring in Accounting and Economics because many of the pre-req classes overlap, so it will be doable in four years. It also doesn't hurt to sacrifice your summer to finish some classes.

UKclassof13

Double majoring in Marketing and Management would be a breeze. If the majors are related like those 2 then a lot of classes will overlap. You should also be able to graduate on time without taking extra classes any semesters.

Management in my opinion is a great double major to have, but is terrible if its your sole major. It doesn't give you any real tangible skill. Look into finance/accounting to go with Management. If you love marketing so much then keep at it

Kudryavka

The difficulty of double majoring depends more than anything on what school you go to. At Grinnell, the open curriculum means you could theoretically quadruple major and graduate in four years without ever taking more than 16 credit hours. Things that make double majoring harder are extensive general eds, difficulty getting classes, and capstone projects. Doing two large projects for your two majors can be really difficult at some schools.

So look at your school's policies and ask your professors about the possibility of double majoring. They'll know a lot more about your specific school than we do.

ThisMortalSoil

I'm double majoring in two business majors (info systems and supply chain management) and am still gonna graduate on time. This is because there are a couple classes that overlap and the rest fill up my electives slots.

If I had picked something outside of the business school, or even certain business majors, I'd probably have to stay an extra semester.

RavensFan

Other than the econ classes you're required to take for a business major I doubt there would any other overlap. Look and see if UF has an econ major with a business concentration. My school has that and there's classes that would count towards both degrees.

Even if there is no overlap, adding econ should be doable. Going off of what I know from being an econ major at my school, and checking out the requirements of other schools, there's usually plenty of room to take other classes. It's definitely not like engineering or a hard science such as physics where if you want to graduate in 4 years all you can really take are those classes and nothing else beyond required gen eds.

Look into a ba if the requirements for a bs are too much. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have the broad analytical knowledge that you would get with a ba in econ combined with something more specialized like management, finance, or marketing.

icedragon

i am. I am a history anthropology double major. Its not so hard when the two relate to each other

sweetlacecharm

Depends on the majors.

Sparkles21

If economics is in the business school, it might not be so bad. Some colleges have economics grouped in with the arts and sciences.