Oiram

Well, I'm looking to transfer from my current school because it don't offer my current major. I'm looking for interdisciplinary programs in Math and the Social Sciences. So far, I have only found two in the undergrad level:
Dartmouth
Mathematics and Social Sciences
Northwestern
MMSS, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University
But, I have a snow ball's chance in hell to get in either two of those institution. What should I do?

collegehelp

Just major in statistics. The statistics that is used in industrial engineering, operations research, economics (econometrics), medicine and biology, psychology, education, business, applied math...its almost all the same.

datadriven

Go to any college that is flexible in double-majoring, minoring, etc.
Double major econ/math. Or just major in math and get to do some research with econ/political science professors.

Oiram

My major now is econ/math double. Just wanted to see if more schools offer a type of integrated approach to math and social science as a full major.

Sam Lee

If only they teach statistics in the context of using them in those fields and I don't know if most stats classes do that. That why Dartmouth and Northwestern programs are so unique. Saying double-majoring is the same thing is like saying double-majoring bio/general engineering in LAC would get you the same thing as bioengineering in research U.

Some schools also like to advertise seemingly "integrated" programs like "mathematical economics" when all it is is nothing more than double-majoring and taking courses in two *separate* departments. Often, there's nothing "mathematical" about those courses in econ dept (they are the same courses that regular econ take) and there's nothing "economic" about the courses taken in the math department (they are the same courses regular math majors take).

Hanna

In addition to statistics you might look for colleges that offer a major in Applied Math.

Oiram

Thanks for the help.