Double majoring in college

silence_kit
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:30:48 +0000

Not true. They have the same number of required classes, engineering kids just have to take specific classes where as liberal arts kids have more freedom in choosing.



This is not true. It isn’t even close. At my school a major in electrical engineering requires 94 credit hours of work, not counting geneds, and a major in political science requires 50 credit hours. This is almost double the amount of required credit hours. This isn’t something unique to my school either. Professional degrees require more work than non-professional degrees.

edit: I just looked that up. I’m really surprised at that disparity–I didn’t think it was that bad. Now knowing this, I’d say that if you are in the liberal arts and want to be a serious student, I’d recommend double majoring or going deep into your major.

edit2: An english major requires only 39 hours of classes! 39 hours! wow!!!