Double Majors and Dual Degrees

Students pursuing a double major (primary and secondary majors, one Bachelor’s degree) are required to complete at least 120 credits. Credits can double count for both majors, unless the other department has a restriction on double counting.

Students pursuing a double major with Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Community Development must choose either City and Society or Climate Change and Green Infrastructure as their SCD concentration. For these students, no class that counts towards a Landscape Architecture major requirement may be used to satisfy a Sustainable Community Development concentration requirement.

Students pursuing a dual degree (two Bachelor’s degrees and two majors) must earn a minimum of 150 credits, completing all of the major and college requirements for each major, and also completing at least 30 additional units in residency. This must be accomplished within the normal ten semesters, unless a Dean grants an extension.

For students doing a double major or a dual degree, the University requires the completion of the Integrative Experience (IE) and Junior Year Writing (JYW) Gen Ed requirements only once, in the major designated as the primary major. Students with Sustainable Community Development as their secondary major are not required to take the major’s Junior Year Writing class (SustComm 314). However, students with Sustainable Community Development as their secondary major are required to take the IE class in Sustainable Community Development (SustComm 394RI). The class is not necessary to meet Gen Ed requirements, but is still needed to satisfy the major requirements.