<p>Can I major in physics and writing? Is that a possible double-major? </p>
<p>Depending on the school you can, although you may find yourself needing to drop down to a minor in one of those fields, or a completely different one. </p>
<p>It may depend on how voluminous the general education requirements that do not overlap with the two majors are.</p>
<p>At a school like Hamilton, that should not be a problem, since they have no GenEds. But they require a senior project in both, so you’ll have to try to figure out how to combine them or do one in both. Not impossible, and many do, but contact the school to see if it’s feasible.</p>
<p>I don’t think any school prohibits you from majoring in both, but the two majors are going to be in two different degree programs (Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, or something along those lines). Both degrees require you to take different general education courses and different degree specific courses. Because the two degrees are so different, you’re unlikely to have many classes overlap and you may have difficulty graduating in 4 years because of it. The best course of action is probably to pick one to major in and minor in the other.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily - many schools only award a BA in every field. Hamilton is one of those schools - even in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, you get a BA. And some schools offer a BS in every field - including economics, history, and literature (Georgia Tech is one example). But even in schools where the BS is offered in science fields and the BA is offered in social science & humanities fields, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the GE requirements are very different. For example, at Columbia University, the core requirements are the same for all majors in Columbia College. And SEAS students do have slightly different requirements - but they’re very similar to the CC ones.</p>
<p>So it’s very possible that you can double major and your GEs and divisional requirements will be exactly the same in both majors - but it’s fitting in your major requirements that will be the difficulty. If you have 40 hours of general education requirements and divisional, 40 hours in physics and 40 hours in writing - with no overlap - that’s your entire 120 credits to graduation, with no room for experimentation or other unrelated electives. But the problem will come in with scheduling - like if your required first-year physics class is at the same time or overlaps with your required first-year writing class; you can’t put either of them off, because those are both prerequisites to finishing the major on time.</p>
Like others have said it definitely depends on the school. I’m a physics major (why I clicked in your post lol) and although I’m not majoring or minoring in writing, my school has a wonderful community for writers. That suffices for me.