<p>This is mostly for current and past undergrads at Stanford.</p>
<p>I am really interested in Public Health (Global/International Health specifically) professionally (and for graduate school most likely).</p>
<p>I was initially planning on majoring in International Relations and just taking the core sciences.</p>
<p>However, I know that the HumBio department has several Health Policy, Public Health, and International Health courses (I just went through the 09-10 Stanford bulletin to look at majors and classes). </p>
<p>I am really interested in IR overall and I would definitely like to take many of the classes in the IR department.</p>
<p>Right now, I am considering double-majoring in HumBio and IR to be able to take advantage of all of the Public Health related classes available as well as IR and core science classes. Does anyone know of a better way to get a strong foundation in public health-related courses (in terms of selecting majors at Stanford)?
Current undergrads: Do you find that is is very difficult to complete the required courses for a double-major (i have read the requirements, etc. but I want your opinions)</p>
<p>I know I don’t have to select a major till at least soph year but I want to make sure I take all the freshman classes that I need to for whatever path I end up taking.</p>
<p>We were just talking about this on the Facebook group. Double majoring in IR and HumBio will be very difficult. HumBio requires a minimum of 87 units and IR requires a minimum of 70 units. GERs take up at least 40 units. However, I’m not sure if the language requirement is included in the unit count for IR. That puts you at 197 units or a minimum of 16 units - extremely doable. However, there may be other courses you need and want to take, and a raw unit count doesn’t take into account the difficulty of the courses or scheduling issues presented by sequencing, the required quarter abroad, etc.</p>
<p>Personally, I would just love to double major in IR and HumBio. However, because I also want to become fluent in a non-cognate language and take it a little easy my freshman year, that is simply not possible. However, a HumBio major and an IR minor are quite possible. Of course I’m still undecided, but I’m falling in love with HumBio. The problem is that chemistry is a prerequisite for HUMBIO 3A and 3B (maybe 4A and 4B, I actually can’t remember). I don’t think I could stomach pure chemistry… but sometimes love hurts.</p>
<p>Double-majoring is definitely doable and fairly common. It’s also not too much of a burden as long as you don’t go a dual-degree (BA + BS), which requires 225 units instead of the usual 180.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in multiple subjects, I’d also recommend looking into doing a minor. Minors are relatively light in terms of courseload (usually only 6 classes ~35 units), and they’re a good way to explore another discipline without overburdening yourself.</p>
<p>I kno some girls doing HumBio and Comm double major. I think I know a girl doing HumBio and IR double major too. She was abroad this quarter so I havent seen her since May but I can ask once I see her in January.</p>
<p>thanks for the opinions
im not sure what kind of commitment I want to make to just academics, so i will also consider minoring in IR</p>
<p>i’m reading through the stanford bulletin and i don’t completely understand the course unit/credit system, but i’m trying to learn</p>
<p>so, if you are a HumBio student for instance, and you take Chem for all 3 terms of freshman year. can the chem count for GER and major requirements? i know you cant count a class for 2 majors or a major & minor, but can you fulfill teh GERs with major reqs?</p>