Double Major: Engineering and Business

meowmix0669
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:38:29 +0000

Econ’s a difficult major, and engineering is no piece of cake. It’s not a double major that would be highly recommended due to grade deflation you’ll suffer, but it’s certainly doable.

Econ’s one of Dartmouth’s strongest majors, and the profs are really great. The median in econ is a B (department standard/regulation), the tests are difficult, and it’s a relatively medium sized major (2 prereq’s, 9 major classes, six of which you choose, three of which are required). The prereqs are introductory microeconomics and stats. The three required classes for the major are microecon, macroecon, and econometrics. The 6 remaining classes come from two tracks (the international track, the labor track, the honors track, etc). You pick two tracks that hold interest to you and take a series of classes all on that topic resulting in a culminating experience in your 40’s level.