<p>I understand the Econ major a lot better than I do pre-med requirements, so I can give you some useful links.</p>
<p>First, the Columbia bulletin describes every summer class being offered this year: [CU</a> Directory of Classes<a href=“it’s%20not%20working%20well%20tonight%20because%20of%20some%20technical%20issues.”>/url</a> I know some people do them but they tend to conflict with internships, so a lot of people prefer to avoid them. Also, if cost is a concern, summer classes tend to get pricy.</p>
<p>Economics & Mathematics is a sort of joint major. It is meant for people who are essentially double-majors in Econ and Math but don’t want to take such a huge amount of classes. It requires only a couple of classes more than the usual Economics major, but the requirements are pretty different. In reality, it is not really a track like the other 3. It is a unique major that contains both the Economics and Mathematics cores. </p>
<p>You can find more information about the major requirements here: [url=<a href=“http://cedar.barnard.columbia.edu/program_planning/economics_and_mathematics_major.html]Economics”>http://cedar.barnard.columbia.edu/program_planning/economics_and_mathematics_major.html]Economics</a> and Mathematics Major](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/]CU”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/)</p>
<p>Note, you can click the four dimensions to get detailed descriptions of the requirement. By the way, this site: [Program</a> Planning in Economics](<a href=“http://cedar.barnard.columbia.edu/program_planning/program_planning_in_economics.html]Program”>http://cedar.barnard.columbia.edu/program_planning/program_planning_in_economics.html) has links to similar explanations for all four Economics tracks. </p>
<p>This link has the commencement program, which lists every single major this year’s graduates completed:[Commencement</a> 2009 - Barnard College](<a href=“http://www.barnard.edu/commencement/2009/pdfprogram.html]Commencement”>http://www.barnard.edu/commencement/2009/pdfprogram.html) . Note that there was one person who double-majored in Economics & Mathematics and Physics. There were also plenty of joint program, double majors, teaching certification, etc. graduates. It’s a good place to look for ideas on what has been done. :)</p>
<p>Languages are really popular as minors, too. If being pre-med is a priority because you want to go into health administration or policy, then that’s certainly something worth considering.</p>