<p>The first thing is that you have to satisfy core requirements in each college. If you print off the academic bulletin for each major you can see what differences are in the colleges. USC has now shifted to core curriculum across campus (although each college can add requirements) so things are more uniform. For most of core, and many of major pre-reqs you can count courses in both colleges. Are you bringing in AP/IB credit? That will certainly help. D is double major (same college, but slightly different gen eds based on when she started) and still has space for other stuff…mostly based on having lots of AP credits. USC does have a cross campus advising office to help with determining how to work double major.</p>
<p>I think you can add a double anytime but you might want to give it your freshman year to decide. As to whether you double or major/minor…I’m not sure it matters. Some majors require a minor (which is waived if you double) which says to me that there is prob. time to work in required work for second major. Bigger question is what do you want to do with double. Honestly, grad schools look to see you have pre-requsite courses for program, regardless of what major is called. For instance…you can be pre-med and be a religion major as long as you have taken courses med schools require. To get your masters in teaching secondary math you don’t need a Bachelor in Math, just certain math courses, etc. If your main focus is public health and you think anthro will enhance it, then not sure difference in minor or major makes a big difference. You just have to research, and when you get here talk to advisors, to see what is possible in 4 years (would not add expense of extra semesters to get second major over just adding minor).</p>
<p>To keep the most options open, look at both academic bulletins and choose the harder course options. For example…anthro may let you do any science, including ones for non-majors. Public health may require specific science. Do the public health requirement since it will certainly count for anthro but won’t necessarily work the other way.</p>