Double Majoring at Pomona

zrathustra
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:24 +0000

I am an ED2 applicant (2 weeks left!) and I had a few questions regarding double majoring at Pomona.

I’m interested in going into the field of AI research (I plan to go to grad school), and I was wondering what educational path at Pomona would best suit me for doing so. I’ve currently planned on double majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics (or if I go to Mudd, where I’ve also applied, doing their joint CS/Math major), but I was wondering if this would be too general of an education for AI. Would I be better served doing a single major with more of a focus on cognitive science/linguistics and AI-related courses or double majoring with CS/CogSci instead of math? I’d also like to try to minor in Economics, but I think that might be an attempt to do too much.

Thoughts? Obviously this is something I would discuss with my advisor, provided I am accepted and matriculate, but this applies to other schools as well.