<p>SR D is considering Carleton. D is interested in English and Psychology and would like to double major. </p>
<p>How prevalent are dbl majors at C? </p>
<p>Can this be done in 4 yrs and w/o summer school?</p>
<p>Saw requirements of ‘comps’ and maybe even a thesis in each major. I wonder if these kinds of reqs would make dbl majoring extra hard.</p>
<p>thanks for any info.</p>
<p>Double majoring is already pretty uncommon at Carleton relative to other colleges. Double-majoring with neither subject being math, CS, or econ is extremely uncommon. Most double majors do things like math/physics, math/CS, math/econ, econ/CS, stuff like that. There might be a couple of students in each class year doubling in non-quantitative fields like poli sci and philosophy, but that’s about it. I’m not sure if the reason this rarely happens is because of the course scheduling of classes required for the major, or rather just that it’s not a very appealing combo. I think you would likely have to forgo a study abroad to do both, which a lot of Carleton students don’t want to give up. Not wanting to do two sets of comps is definitely a reason lots of people don’t pursue double majors. Some depts (English, for example) offer both a paper and a test option which can make doing two sets of comps easier, but all the same, just not common at all. An entering student who was seriously interested in doing this would need to talk to people in both departments soon after starting Carleton and start planning out their schedules for the rest of their time at Carleton. Personally, I think double-majoring is pretty silly because of the burden of required major courses (which are generally not as interesting as the elective ones) and comps, and I’m more of the mind that you should just take you want. That might mean choosing to major in English, but also taking lots of psych courses that sound interesting but not forcing yourself to reshape your whole educational path around squeezing in some required courses.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply. This prompts another question: I believe I saw somewhere here or on C’s website that C is among a handful of schools that allows a student to design his or her own program.</p>
<p>Can someone speak or expand on this aspect of C? Anyone have any experience with customizing your degree?</p>
<p>If there is such an option at C to customize, would this mean that my daughter cd take whatever English and/or Psych courses she wants pending the approval process at C?</p>
<p>You can design your own major, but you’d need to coordinate it with faculty in the relevant departments and get approval from (I would assume) the Dean of the College. I only know a couple of people who did so, one majoring in something like “urban media” and another in neuroscience. It’s not very common, since there’s not really any need for it. Whatever project you want to do for comps will probably fit within another department and you can take whatever classes you want, anyway.</p>
<p>That’s what confuses me about your last question. She can take whichever English and Psych courses she wants, regardless of what she’s majoring in.</p>
<p>Any other questions you have can probably be answered here: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.carleton.edu/campus/registrar/catalog/[/url]”>http://www.carleton.edu/campus/registrar/catalog/</a></p>