<p>I'm starting my first year at a CCC this fall, and I couldn't decide between majoring in biology or psychology, and then minoring in the other. My counselor recommended I look at biopsychology as a possible major, and it seems to fit perfectly. Half of each! The only problem is that it's really only offered at UCSB. I know that it's a great school, I just wish I could have a little more to chose from so I don't feel like I HAVE to go to that school. I remember once hearing that biopsychology is just a newer name for another major, but I can't really find any that don't just focus on the brain.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about either teaching the IB program at a high school with psychology and maybe do something teaching wise with biology. I was also thinking about maybe going into medical school and going into pathology. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Essentially the same thing I would guess. It’s not really an undergrad major. I wouldn’t worry about that until graduate school. Go with either bio or psych to get into a good psycopharm program.</p>
<p>& It seems that biopsychology is synonymous with psychobiology, psychological biology, physiological psychology, behavorial neuroscience and neuropsychology.</p>
<p>And if all that fails you, majoring in psychology with minor/emphasis in biology is still great at any school with an awesome psychology program, such as UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>My concern is that I’m not really interested into going too much into the brain and neuroscience. I’m more interested in a general biology and psychology, and from what I can tell, that ucsb major is more consistent with that than taking behavioral neuroscience.</p>
<p>Consider some combination of physical anthroplogy + biology and/or psychology. This should incoroporate your interests in biology and psychology, if you’re not so interested in focusing on neuroscience. This would involve more focus on genetics and evolution—important areas in both biology and psychology. So, possible areas of focus could be evolutionary psychology or human evolutionary biology as well as medical anthropology. These areas could be a good background for medical school if you decide to take that route, as long as you do the basic premed requirements (calculus, gen bio, gen & org chem, gen physics). As for your interest in pathology, do a google search for “Darwinian Medicine” and it will turn up lots of interesting links on the relationship of evolution and disease.</p>
<p>Another field that combines psychology + biology is animal behavior.</p>
<p>In your post last spring you mention animal behavior as a degree program that combines biology and psychology. Do you have any knowledge of specific animal behavior programs that you can share? My dd is very interested in something along those lines and they are rather difficult to find. We have found some but are wondering what else might be out there that we have missed. Thx.</p>