Is it like... impossible to double major?

BP-TheGuy88
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:28:44 +0000

you’re sort of in luck. the bad news is that I don’t think you can major in economics because that’s a major in Fordham College Rose Hill, not in CBA. check with the dean on that matter. generally though as a freshman you don’t need to worry too much simply because you may just very well end up changing your mind (i.e. want to study something else, want to transfer to FCRH or out of Fordham completely) and even if you don’t change your mind, the first two years you’re taking classes for your core anyways (perhaps in your second year you might have to start taking classes for your major, but you’ll get advising sessions with deans that tell you )

the good news is that you combine any CBA major with Economics as a minor and the extra workload isn’t that much of a difference. in fact i hear this combination is pretty popular among CBA students (according to the Deans). the reason for this is that, you have to take 4 econ courses (Macro, Micro, Stats I, and Stats II) for your core requirements no matter what major you are. So that leaves you with only 2 more courses for the Economics minor.

Generally at CBA, a major is 10 courses and a minor is 6 courses. So you use the 10 for Finance, and you already have 4 out of the 6 for the Econ minor, so you’d just have to use those electives for Econ classes.

Another thing you can consider doing is a concentration which requires less classes (4-5 classes) than a major.

Areas of Study (including Minors) in CBA:
[College of Business Administration](http://www.fordham.edu/cba/areasofstudy/areasofstudy.htm)

Information on Concentrations:
[College of Business Administration](http://www.fordham.edu/cba/curriculum/curriculum.htm)

Requirements for Finance Major:
http://www.fordham.edu/cba/areasofstudy/finance/files/Undergrad/BS-AAF.pdf

Requirements for Economics Major:
[Requirements for the Economics Major](http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/economics/ba_program_in_econom/requirements_for_maj_7540.asp)