<p>I’ve heard that Berkeley is hell for science-majors… but what about non-science majors (history, english, etc)?</p>
<p>Although I am not a history major, I have extensive knowledge of the department. Mostly, it’s a pretty easy major. Some classes are very hard but overall you will probably find that it’s very doable. The profs are legenderaly nice to undergrads. Do you have any specific fields of history in mind?</p>
<p>is there an international studies major? i can’t find one…if so, how hard is it…
is sociology competitive?</p>
<p>i heard that ‘mass commuications’ is a fluff major, but that happens to be the one i’m interested in. since the major is supposedly easy, i’m considering double majoring.</p>
<p>that said, would a double major in mass communications and english be extremely hard to handle?</p>
<p>I think you’ll find that all majors have at least some competitive students. The proportions vary by a lot, though. So while say 80% of MCB students could probably be classified as very competitive, only 30% of Sociology students can and arguably less for mass comm. But really, the competition is way overstated. It’s there but by no means that big of a problem.</p>
<p>What about Psychology?</p>
<p>In psychology, the competition isn’t really for grades - since the classes are pretty easy. The competition is mainly for attention from faculty members. Sometimes it can be pretty hard to get attention from those faculty members, especially in the clinical psychology area since it seems like almost every other undergrad in the department wants to get a Ph. D in clinical psychology. But in the other subfields of Berkeley psych, I’d say it’s fairly easy to get attention from profs.</p>
<p>I think every major is competitive to some degree, depending on you, more than the rest of the students in the major. If you want to be the best (or among the top x%), you’ll have to work hard and put in effort no matter what you’re studying because every major does have smart and talented kids in it.</p>
<p>I’m planning on doing a double major too. When I applied, I wrote down “sociology” (although this may change)… I plan on doing a double major or one major and a minor in two of the following… sociology, history, psychology, poly sci, ethnic studies, and anthropology… pretty much anything that will steer me away from biology, chemistry, and physics.</p>
<p>Are double majors at Berkeley difficult to complete?</p>
<p>It helps to start early. Many double majors in the humanities/social sciences start taking lots of upper division classes as early as their second semester.</p>
<p>If you’re thinking about a lot of different majors there’s a program here that lets you create your own major, Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF). Basically you have to pull from (at least) 3 different majors and pick 6 core classes that focus on a specific topic (some people do “Globalization”, or “Technology and Society”, etc). You also write a senior theisis. It doesn’t take up much time, so you have lots of space if you want to minor (I started planning my ISF major sophomore year, and I think I can still fit in an Italian minor. With a year of study abroad). It’s pretty cool if you can’t find that ONE major you want to do. Take a look at the website, <a href=“http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/isf/[/url]”>http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/isf/</a> , and good luck!!</p>