<p>About the two different schools/same school thing: Not quite, tigerlily, although often it turns out that way. Dual degrees can be in the same school, as it says it the quoted area above, and double majors can be in different schools. The real difference is that with a double major you have one Bachelor’s degree, which is telling the world that you completed all the requirements for both majors and for the BS or BA, which is 120 hours minimum. For the dual degree, you actually get two seperate Bachelors, and have to complete at least 150 hours. Admittedly most of the world wouldn’t know the difference, and you can say “I have two degrees” or “I have a degree in history and a degree in chemistry” 100 times and 99 will assume you meant you double majored. But you would in fact have 2 diplomas instead of the one you get with a double major. For dual degrees, your last statement about having to complete the core curriculum in each school, if the two degrees are from different schools, is absolutely correct.</p>