Bachelor and Triple Minor?

Question

I want to do a bachelor of arts degree with two minors. However, I was wondering is it possible to do it as a triple minor?

Answer 1

Unless there is significant overlap of course requirements;

The Bachelor's with one minor will be about 120 semester hours.  Adding another minor will add about 18 semester hours to 138.  Adding a third will add about 18 more semester hours to 156 semester hours.

Those three minors may require some pre-requisite work before you can take the upper levels.  That could add anywhere from 3-27 more semester hours to your degree.

Of course, if there is overlap of courses between major and minors then you won't need to duplicate or replace those courses.  That would reduce your time to completion.  If that's the case though then they are close enough related that you might want to consider whether getting the minor is beneficial at all.

On a full-time schedule, 156 semester hours will take about 5 1/2 years.

Dual degrees is often only 150 hours.  You might want to consider whether that's more appropriate to your goals.

A dual-major can often be done in the same 120 hours (four years) as a single major and if not it is usually only a little above the 120 if planned well.

ADD:  if your college offers the degree Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts or Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts then you might be able to do this with "liberal arts" as the major area and the others as your concentration and minor areas.

Note that I don't mean "a liberal arts degree" here, I mean a degree in which the major is "liberal arts".

A bachelor's degree must have a major but that major can be interdisciplinary such as "liberal arts", "performing arts", "humanities", "social sciences", etc... where you study the entire field as opposed to a single subject.

Be careful!  A degree with a major of "liberal arts" doesn't have a lot of entry-level value out in the 'real-world'.

Answer 2

It depends on your college and how they count your class credits. I went to a university at gave you credits for a completed class in all available sections so i have a BA with 4 minors. BA in Criminal Justice and minors in Religious Studies, Womens Studies, Soc., and Psych.  An example of how my credits overlapped is: Psy 101 was required for general ed (3 credits), my major ( 3 Credits), and for my psy minor (3 credits). so taking that class gave me 3 credits each toward my gen ed requirements, my major, and a minor.  i hope this makes sense but it all comes down to how your school gives you credit for classes.