hockynutty

I am an incoming freshman looking into double majoring in both Computer Science and Spanish (Specifically: "HISPANIC LANGUAGES AND BILINGUAL ISSUES" - The Major |) Both in L&S... I was wondering if this is possible even with careful unit allocation since none of the pre-requisites really overlap.

I have a HIGH interest in both as I already speak Spanish (After living in Spain for a long period of time) and I am very tech-savvy as well.

ucbalumnus

CS requires about 14 courses. Spanish option D requires 13 courses if you already know Spanish (and therefore do not have to take the introductory Spanish language courses). Then you have 2 courses for L&S reading and composition, and 4 out of the 7-course breadth not covered by the majors (make sure one is an American Cultures course if none of the major courses is). The total number of courses comes out to be 33.

Since this is only a slight overload compared to a typical 32 courses over 8 semesters, it is doable if you are motivated and schedule carefully. If you have AP credit for calculus, you may be able to subtract 1 or 2 math courses from the CS major requirements.

birdhouse

You could also take summer classes, if you want to spread out your units or have time to take fun ones out of interest...also note that as a double major, you can petition for a ninth semester.

hockynutty

That's true... I would have 33 classes to take of 32. I actually can take out one of the semesters of reading and comprehensions through AP Tests. So I guess that brings me down to 32.

if I did need/want to do summer courses for summer, Those courses wouldn't be free would they?

ucbalumnus

No, they are not free; the price is listed in the summer schedule of classes at Home Page - Online Schedule Of Classes .

You may want to consider taking lower division breadth courses during the summer at a local community college if money is a concern. Use Welcome to ASSIST to check course equivalency.