Double Major vs. Dual Degree

JBStillFlying
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:45:41 +0000

@stormypanda another thought I just had as to why there might be restrictions preventing two of the same degree (i.e. two BA’s or two BS’s) is that in order to earn another degree you need to fulfill that college’s requirements. For CLA, I can understand that you can’t really earn two BA’s: instead you “double-major” (or triple major or whatever). Perhaps it’s the same in CSE (for instance, a B-ME with a double major in physics). But if you want to do something in CSE that culminates in a BS (say, BS-Chem), and then something from CLA that also culminates in a BS (say, Economics), that might be OK, because you would be required to fulfill the college-specific requirements of both CLA and CSE.

You would be spending a LOT of time in school, however. Best to pick up a minor, IMHO.