Double Major Pathways

The College of Arts and Sciences highly encourages students to choose more than one area of study (double-majors, dual degree, cross-college majors – for details, click here). There are usually enough elective credit hours in your degree program to accommodate at least one of the following. In fact, many classes count toward multiple programs, allowing you to "double dip" and thereby reduce the number of courses required to complete the program.

Some advantages of choosing more than one area of study are:

  1. Generally, students won't need additional time to graduate.
  2. Students may increase their earnings and research and development activities.
  3. Students who graduate with a double major in more disparate fields see higher returns ($$$).
  4. Students with double majors that cross disparate fields of study self-report greater gains in creativity from their double major.
  5. Double majoring may also facilitate worker transitions as the economy changes.