<p>Hey, I was wondering what are you all's thoughts on being an Interdisciplinary Studies major. There are advantages to choosing such a program, but I know that there are a lot of misconceptions and oppositions to such a plan of study. Would medical schools not take me seriously if I were an Interdisciplinary Studies major?
You can read more of reasons for wanting to be an Interdis major by going to my blog <a href="http://www.premedlight.blogspot.com%5B/url%5D">www.premedlight.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>What does that even mean?</p>
<p>Essentially it means that rather then having 1 specific focus, you mix and match courses that suit your needs/your personal degree plans do not match any currently offered ones. Its a sort off like an ad hoc major. I could either do 3 fields with 15 credit each(around 5-6) or two of 21, etc. It really adds up to doing 2 or 3 subfields and taking a specified number of upper division credit within them.</p>
<p>I wouldn't do that.
I don't see the purpose besides trying to get out of some otherwise required classes. You can always minor in something that is of particular interest to you. Your schedule as a bio major should allow you to take some electives that interest you. Do you enjoy bio? Regardless of the answer, you will always have the opportunity to major in your number 1 passion and minor in your number 2 passion without being an interdisciplinary studies major.</p>
<p>That the thing, I'm not a Bio major. Im currently a Philosophy major and a Bio minor. But there are so many courses in departments outside of philosophy and biology that I want to take and wouldn't really be able to do otherwise and still graduate on time.</p>
<p>Is there an actual interdisciplinary studies major, or is this one of those "design your own major sort of things"? I had a friend who put together a "biopsychology" major at my school by looking at other biopsych programs around the country and then submitting a formal plan to the appropriate people in the College of Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>On one hand my gut feeling is that a "design your own major" sort of thing, if formalized and based off of other established programs is going to look less "weird" than having a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies will. If you're doing this to reach a certain focused area of interest that your school can't meet, that's one thing, but "interdisciplinary studies" just sounds like you got to take whatever classes you wanted to. But on the other hand, we've said time and time again that major doesn't matter.</p>
<p>So I guess I don't know what to tell you.</p>
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<p>Yeah, but remember our stats? "Interdisciplinary studies" was not one of the categories.</p>