Wondering about Double Major and Minor

ucbalumnus
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:32:43 +0000

Why not just take courses of interest in Celtic studies instead of trying to check all of the boxes for the minor? For that matter, you may also want to consider taking just one major in math or economics and adding the desired courses in the other subject instead of trying to check all of the boxes for the second major. (What post-graduation goals do you have?)

Math major = 13 courses
Economics major = 13 courses
Overlap = -2 to -4 courses
Celtic studies minor = 6 courses
R&C = 2 courses
remaining L&S breadth = 2 to 4 courses
(is your L&S foreign language requirement complete?)

total = 34 to 38 courses (more if you need L&S foreign language)

Do you have any useful AP, IB, or college credit coming in? That might account for up to 5 courses.

With normal course loads, you will likely be able to fit 32 courses into 8 semesters. For more courses than that, you would have to take overload schedules. However, math and economics courses are not generally high workload courses the way courses with labs, big term projects, art studio, music performance, or computer programming assignments are, although some can be intellectually demanding.