<p>I am at a community college now, and based on the articulation agreements with the universities I want to transfer to (my major is Psychology), I have to finish a year of biology, chemistry, and calculus. NOT physics or organic chemistry. I know that for any science major I will need to take physics and ochem, but I am already going into my third year at a CC and I intend to apply this fall (I do not want to stay around for a 4th year just to finish physics and ochem [I will also have acquired way too many units by then]).
My intended major is psychology, but I feel that I should have more credit for finishing bio, chem, and calc series. I tried looking into neuroscience and biopsychology, but even those majors require physics and ochem.
My question is, is there any science major out there that can match my planned courses?</p>
<p>I don’t know of any major that requires both biology and chemistry, but not physics.</p>
<p>But regardless, I think you’re thinking of this all wrong. You should get the degree that would help you pursue whatever career you want to pursue. Your major will also determine what upper-division courses you have to take, and there’s no point in trying to eek out a science major with these classes as prerequisites if you don’t like or can’t do well in the upper-division courses.</p>
<p>Major in whatever you want to major in. It’s not like you took these classes for nothing. You needed them to transfer to the school you wanted to transfer to. Think of it like taking GE requirements. I had to take history and writing classes, even though I was a biochemistry major, but does that mean I should find a major that requires both biology and history classes? No, that would be silly.</p>
<p>BIOCHEMISTRY?</p>
<p>@Ctesiphon Most biochemistry majors require both physics and organic chemistry, which the OP said they didn’t want to take.</p>
<p>I’m actually planning to have a career in the sciences, a health related career. Like dentistry, CLS, PA, or clinical psychologist.</p>
<p>Well, then your first step should probably be to figure out which of those career paths you’re most interested in pursuing. They are all very different career choices with varying levels of education required, and that’s going to be more helpful than finding a major that contains certain courses. You may even need to take organic chemistry and/or physics for entry into some of those programs, such as dentistry. Which of those you’d actually like to pursue is probably the bigger (and more important) question here.</p>