<p>Hey, I visited BC last fall, and while at the information session, this one girl said she was a triple major. What would you have to do to be able to triple major at BC?</p>
<p>…she probably has majors that mesh together well biology + chemistry can be done in 4 years…easy.</p>
<p>probably tooks summer classes to add the 3rd</p>
<p>what pawne4 said and in addition, she probably had a tremendous amount of AP credits coming out of high school that knocked out the majority of her core classes.</p>
<p>I know who you are talking about, I used to work with her. And her majors are Theater, Communication, and English. But anyway, doing triple majors is possible, I know of two people who have done it. The minimum requirement for most majors is 10 classes; so three majors need, at a minimum, 30 classes. You need a minimum of 38 classes to graduate, but you can take 47 classes during your four school years (six classes for seven semesters and five classes for the first semester freshman year). If you have zero AP credits coming in, then you need fifteen additional core classes to fulfill them. This brings the total up to 45 classes. Of course, a lot of intro classes for your majors can be your core classes as well so this cuts down on the number of classes you must take. </p>
<p>If you want to have more room, you can structure your AP classes to dramatically reduce your core classes (you don’t even have to take ton of AP classes, just three). Of the 15 core requirements, six of them can be finished with just three AP classes: European History, Social Sciences, and Natural Science. So if you could only take three AP classes your senior year, I recommend AP Euro, AP Econ/Psy/Poli, and AP Bio/Chem/Phys. That leaves you with nine classes left:
1 course in Arts (Fine Arts, Music, Theatre)
1 course in Cultural Diversity
1 course in Mathematics
1 course in Literature
2 courses in Philosophy
2 courses in Theology
1 course in Writing</p>
<p>Completed from AP tests:
2 courses in History (Modern History)
2 courses in Natural Science (Biology, Chemistry, Geology-Geophysics, Physics)
2 courses in Social Science (Psychology in Education, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology) </p>
<p>Philosophy and Theology are a must, they can’t be APed out. Cultural Diversity is an extremely easy requirement to get out of the way, you might finish it along with one of your major. Fine Arts, Literature, Writing, and Math are very easy classes at BC, they are not worth the effort to AP out, unless you plan to study anyone of them as your majors. </p>
<p>So if you follow my advice and take the three recommended AP classes, you would only have to take 39 classes (or less) to get your triple majors–only one more than the minimum requirement for graduation. It’s entirely doable.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks. Those are actually three AP’s I’ve already done or are going to do, so it’s good to know that it is actually possible and not an urban legend.</p>
<p>yes and to add to what I said after I saw the next poster. Your majors have a tremendous affect. No offense to anyone who is a communications major, but meshing it in with others majors would be much easier than some of your other combinations. In some instances you can take 18-21 credit hour semesters as a friend of mine did with his communications major. Good luck taking on a load like that as a second year pre-med with the pressure of getting grades for med-school. </p>
<p>I also can’t stress how much you will be thankful for all the coursework you get out of the way in high school.</p>