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Author Topic: Double Major  (Read 1351 times)

KwC2015

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« on: December 21, 2010, 11:14 PM »
I stumbled upon a Johns Hopkins Double Major info page and it says that students can not double major w/2 majors of the college of Arts and Sciences. Is this true?

Admissions_Daniel

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« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2010, 08:22 AM »
Quote from: "KwC2015"
I stumbled upon a Johns Hopkins Double Major info page and it says that students can not double major w/2 majors of the college of Arts and Sciences. Is this true?
I'd be curious if you could provide a link to the info page your are referencing in your post.

One of the unique elements of the Johns Hopkins academic structure is the lack of a core curriculum. Every major has a list of classes that are required, but there are no university-wide requirements. Instead, there is a system of distribution requirements that requires every student to take a certain number of credits outside their major area. This lack of a core curriculum allows students the opportunity to pursue multiple programs of study, including double majors. Students are able to pursue majors/minors as well as double degrees across academic divisions.

There are some restrictions about programs in which students can pursue double majors, but I know many students pursuing double majors where both majors are in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

JHU_Dominique

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« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2010, 12:02 PM »
Hey there! :)

Hmm, yes a link would be helpful...like Admissions_Daniel said there are certain majors IN Arts and Sciences that cannot be double majored in if they are really really similar (but those are very few and far between) and some majors are designed to not permit double majoring (like the Public Health Studies major) and if you'd like too you most certainly can :)
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JHU_Marina

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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2010, 08:23 PM »
Hey!
I'm not sure where you read that because one of the reasons I chose Hopkins is because the requirements are so flexible making double majoring relatively easy! Currently I'm a double major in Public Health and Anthropology within the College of Arts and Sciences and about half the other A&S students on SAAB are double majors as well. There definitely are certain subjects (like Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience) that are simply too close in content and requirements to double major in, but besides those few exceptions, anyone can double major throughout Arts and Sciences and the Engineering School.

Hope that helped!

JHU_Sarah

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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2010, 08:17 PM »
Just to add to what Marina already said - it's almost easier to double major in things that are very unrelated.  For example, my roommate is double majoring in neuroscience and applied math, which is not easy because in addition to all of the neuro & math courses she has to take, she needs a lot of humanities credits to fulfill her distribution requirements.  However, I'm double majoring in Spanish and biology, which is a lot easier because the humanities classes I'm taking for Spanish fulfill my humanities distribution requirement.
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JHU_Allysa

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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2010, 09:18 PM »
Agreed. I'm double majoring in International Studies and Global Environmental Change and Sustainability. I have found that a lot of the classes overlap, which is very helpful. Not to mention that both of them are interdisciplinary, which I love. Additionally, international studies requires us to have a concentration (i.e. a certain function, location, etc), which is easy for me to fulfill since I am taking classes related to environmental policy and sustainability.
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Colon

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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2011, 10:09 PM »
Is it possible to double major in Neuroscience and French? Could you complete a minor in Russian or Arabic with a double major? I'm really interested in foreign languages and in Neuroscience. I'm a current High School Junior and I'm fluent in Spanish and English. Also I'm in my 3rd year of French and 4th year of German. However, I'm really interested in French, Russian, and Arabic. Could this be done? Thank you!

JHU_KateT

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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2011, 10:49 PM »
It is possible, but you'd definitely have to plan ahead. It depends on how many AP credits, how high you are in the language, and if you are pre-med too. The cool thing about Hopkins is that we don't have a core curriculum, but we have distribution requirements. So, if you're a Neuroscience major, you still have to take humanities and social science courses- but you get to pick which ones! Since one major is science-focused, it will fulfill the distribution requirements of the non-science focused ones and vice-versa.

I would go to the degree checklists to see if the classes you need to take interest you.
http://www.advising.jhu.edu/degree_checklist.php

Congrats about the love of (and obvious skill at) language!
I don't think we actually offer an Arabic minor (but I could be wrong), but we have a Russian major and minor.

Here are links to academics blogs about the majors you're interested in:
Russian
http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/academics/category/russian/

French
http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/academics/category/french/

Neuroscience
http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/academics/category/neuroscience/

I am a french minor, so if you have any questions about the French department  I would be happy to help! :)
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JHU_Joe

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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2011, 02:41 PM »
Quote from: "Colon"
Is it possible to double major in Neuroscience and French? Could you complete a minor in Russian or Arabic with a double major? I'm really interested in foreign languages and in Neuroscience. I'm a current High School Junior and I'm fluent in Spanish and English. Also I'm in my 3rd year of French and 4th year of German. However, I'm really interested in French, Russian, and Arabic. Could this be done? Thank you!
Hey Colon,
Double Majoring in a Foreign Language and Neuroscience would actually be extremely convenient for you because the requirements for each major would serve as the distribution requirements for the other major. The only problem that you might run into based upon the requirements for your foreign language major - some of them have a lot of requirements and your schedule may get a bit packed (especially if you're pre-med as well).

The degree checklist that Kate linked you to is actually very helpful as you can see the requirements you'd need for a French or Russian major, and possibly even another minor. Remember that even if you can't satisfy the requirements for a double major and a minor, you can also just take the courses during your time at Hopkins. Obviously this wouldn't be as ideal, but if you can't have a minor in Arabic you could take the classes during the year, or even in the summer.
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JHU_Cate

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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2012, 12:30 PM »
I'll add a bit of my own experience here.  As a freshmen, I wanted to pursue a major in ChemBE and Behavior Biology, but I was told it wasn't allowed.  Basically, even if I finished the requirements for Behavioral Biology, I would not get a degree for it, only a statement on my diploma saying I completed the requirements.  However,  right now I am a double major in Math and ChemBE, where each major is in a different school and that's totally allowed. 
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