I'd like to mention that my alma mater (The University of Texas at Austin) has an honors program (called Plan II) that allows (and encourages) students to major

I'd like to mention that my alma mater (The University of Texas at Austin) has an honors program (called Plan II) that allows (and encourages) students to major in both liberal arts and other, often technical fields: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/admission/application/other-honors.php http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/admission/application... My particular program combined liberal arts and engineering and had institutional support and a student group to help. Of course, many other students still thought we were crazy to do both. I'm glad I did. Many of my Plan II instructors did a better job of teaching critical thinking and scholarship than most of my engineering professors.