Are some majors harder than others?

Thomas_1
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:12:42 +0000

I believe I can collapse those 3 metrics into a single one by virtue of the concept of the ‘safety major’

Not really. Safety majors may just be those majors that don’t require any “talent”, but may still be “hard” in terms of the dimensions ucbalumnus mentioned. For example, no amount of intellectual effort or class picking will get you through a Math major if you don’t have a certain kind of mathematical aptitude, which arguably cannot be obtained in a short period of time, if at all. On the other hand, the vast majority of people on this country could probably complete a “XX studies” major if they just put in enough intellectual effort and chose their classes correctly. Still, the XX sutdies major may be hard by ucbalumnus’ metrics.