<p>I'm going to be a freshman this fall as an I-Health major with a Pre-med concentration. To be honest, I am not excited at all about being pre-med and I was looking towards economics instead. I've heard that both can be brain-splitting but for me, econ is a little bit more entriguing. Anyway, I read on the website that we are free to take any class we like, but do any NHS students double major in something outside of NHS or do they mostly minor?</p>
<p>-TIA!</p>
<p>The I-health major takes a up a large portion of the the undergraduate program. It would be extremely difficult to double major in both I-Health and something else if you're also pre-med because the pre-med courses take up most of your free electives. The only way I could see it working was if you did a lot of summer school. A minor could be possible though.</p>
<p>No, I was thinking of dropping pre-med all together and possibly doing I-Health and Economics. But, I already e-mailed my advisor and she told me that ( double majoring) really wasn't any option either lol. Thanks for the help though.</p>
<p>I'm I-health, pre-med, junior. It really isn't possible for anyone in NHS to double major in anything, whether it's in NHS or outside of it, b/c our programs are so rigorous. Being pre-med and I-health is definitely possible, and the 3 internships that are built into our program, esp. the one where you do senior research abroad, only enhance the med application. Of course, if you're not interested in pre-med, that's ok too! You'll take microecon as an i-health major, but feel free to minor in econ as well! Many people in NHS minor in something in the College, and the most popular minor is Psychology. However, you can even do Econ, or Chemistry, or History, or whatever you want. So yeah, definitely look into majoring in International Health with a minor in Economics. It IS possible. Unfortunately double majoring with an NHS major as one major isn't possible.</p>
<p>this fall i will be a int health-pre med as well and I was wondering if I minor in french would I be able to take classes that i want to take for fun ?</p>
<p>that might not be possible.
<a href="http://nhs.georgetown.edu/academics/BSIH_curriculum.html%5B/url%5D">http://nhs.georgetown.edu/academics/BSIH_curriculum.html</a>
that is the curriculum for the I-health major. Human Bio I and II are required for the major, and satisfy the year of bio for pre-med. You'll need to add in a year of Gen Chem with Lab, Organic Chem with Lab, and Physics(includes lab). Then you'd have to add in your french minor, which should be possible with summer courses. Also you'll need to finish the general requirements, which include a year of English, Philosophy, Theology. You'll also need I believe 3 NHS electives, as well as electives outside of NHS. Now, with pre-med and a french minor, you're set for outside electives. However, unless those fun classes you want to take are NHS classes, you won't have time to do any other fun classes. NHS is pretty much the most rigorous school, along with SFS, when looking at classes required for majors, and time to do other academic areas, esp. outside of our respective schools.</p>
<p>Jason, I'm taking human bio next semester with Angerio. How much time should I be dedicating to it in terms of studying? I'm trying to decide whether I should add another class or not.</p>
<p>human bio will probably be your most difficult class freshman year(if you're pre-med, so will gen chem, but that's easier than bio). Angerio will tell you on the first day, you can't cram for the class, if you try, you WILL fail. and it's true. review your notes daily, i'd say, then actually study during the weekends. You'll be doing a lot of memorizing of bones, cranial nerves, etc. Bring a laptop to class, as it's easier to type than write, and he tends to not repeat what he just said, so you should really pay attention. Tape recorder might be good too, a lot of people use them as well. Lab is pretty fun, not hard, but you'll have lab tests, and those are interesting. It'll basically consist of you looking into this magnifier thing, and you'll see like a muscle cell or tissue, and the question will be like, what is the arrow pointing to. The problem is, everything looks the same! hahaha. You'll do stuff like urinalysis and mouse dissection. second semester you might do a pig dissection. You'll also be doing presentations on a certain group of bones or nerves assigned to you. Oh and you'll get to see cadavers. All of this takes place in the medical campus as well, b/c NHS is part of the med center. It's A LOT of work, A LOT of studying, but you'll come away knowing A LOT.
hope i didn't scare you :)</p>
<p>Greeaaaat lol. My preregistration schedule is looking as follows:
Human Bio
Chemistry and Human Functioning (I decided to hold out on General Chem for my Pre-med requirements since I"m not sure I wanna stay pre-med),
The Beginning of Philosophy
Some English class
Intro to French</p>
<p>They told us in our packets that we may want to think about going with a reduced courseload (4 classes) but I figured one more (Intro to French) won't kill me. Am I right?</p>
<p>yeah that shouldn't be a problem. i think i had 5 classes first semester, and i definitely had 5 classes when i took hbio(i switched from college to nhs). just be prepared to actually study, not cram. if you decide to be pre-med, you can always take gen chem over the summer or even sophomore year, which is what i did.</p>
<p>JasonHoya, would you recommend getting an anatomy software program? If so, do you know of a good one? What do most kids use to record the class?</p>
<p>uhhhh, I don't really think you need any software(and I don't really have any recs b/c I've never really used any, sorry). My word of advice is to focus on the LECTURE NOTES, not the textbook. The text is good to fill out stuff you didn't really understand in class. But, to study for the actual tests, he draws from the lecture notes specifically. The tests are multiple choice, but that doesn't mean they're easy, haha. Averages on the tests usually range in the 70s-low 80s(i think we might've had a high 60s average one time). There's no curve either. If you're nursing, you need a C at least in the class. As much work as it sounds, it's an awesome class, most people at other schools don't take such a course, or even get to see cadavers until med school. It's better than College intro bio b/c it focuses specifically on the human, which, if you're pre-med, you really care about. </p>
<p>Most kids use a regular old tape recorder for class. MS Office 2004 for Mac includes a note taking layout which includes a record feature, and that's what I used. Make sure you're not sitting all the way at the top, b/c it'll be hard to understand(even with headphones). Also, don't be late, I remember he called out this girl from my HS when she walked in late and entered from the front of the class, hahaha. Even if you finish a test early, you can't leave early(in college you can do this in 99% of classes). One person tried and he told him to sit back down. Angerio gets a bad rap I guess, but I've actually talked to him, and he's a really nice guy. He just has high standards I guess.</p>
<p>i went to ratemyprofessors.com and i was very nervous signing up for angerio's class... haha i tried to pursuade the advisor to allow me to take a different class but apparently its required for international health majors -__-</p>
<p>haha yeah honestly don't worry about it. he's not that bad, and you really will learn a lot. It is required for i-health majors(as well as human science and nursing), and since you're pre-med, NHS requires pre-med students to take all pre-med classes @ gtown anyway. You'll have him again for microbiology as well(unless you take it elsewhere during the summer). Most people(beside healthcare management majors) have gone through Angerio, so don't worry.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer to the NHS from the college, pre-med too. Are you going to have any problems graduating on time?</p>
<p>nope, everything definitely fits, though I took 2 NHS classes before I transferred, so those count as NHS electives. You'll probably need to attend a summer session or two, not that bad though. The pre-med requirements can also count for your major requirements, ie. Human Bio, Gen Chem(for i-health you need a semester of chemistry and human functioning, but gen chem I can replace that), Stats(as a pre-med you'll take Probability and Statistics, instead of the Intro to Stats thats required as an i-health major. I'm taking ProbStat right now @ gtown, sigh. Should be doing my problem set due tomorrow/today now, haha). Also, all of the College classes you took will count as general electives, so you'll have those out of the way. Also, I'll have a full schedule spring semester senior year, which doesn't really matter I guess, but some people want to take it easy for the final semester. So yeah, you shouldn't have any problems. Your advisor will go over EVERYTHING with you, they give out major sheets that they can fill in when you should take everything. NHS is SO much better than the College, your advisors actually know your name, and even when I see some of my professors, they still remember my name. In other schools you have to make appointments before you see a dean or advisor. In NHS, while they say you should, I've just dropped in, and it's not a problem. Clearly NHS is the best school, haha.</p>
<p>The NHS is definately the best school :). I'm glad I saw the light. Thanks for all your advice. It's been very helpful.</p>