<p>I never really had an idea of what I would major in, and to be honest I'm still not certain. I've always enjoyed English classes the most, followed by History, but I'm coming to find more and more that if I wish to pursue a Master's or PHD, these degrees are much less worthwhile than anything in the Math and Sciences.</p>
<p>So I've started looking into Neuroscience. I read a couple books regarding the subject in high school (Musicophilia) and I enjoy the material. I'm also in Intro Psychology right now and the biological things interested me a lot. There is a Behavioral Neuroscience major here, and I was wondering if I was led correctly to believe that a Master's and obviously moreover a PHD have a much greater level of job openings (research for Autism seems to be huge right now) than most degrees. Is this true? Also, I do not plan on being Pre-Med, so I would most likely do research or things along this sort. I've considered a double major for Writing or Spanish, or at least a minor in Film or Spanish, but that's not a definite. I've always loved writing and I would major in it if there was a viable and safe career option but alas, there doesn't seem to be any. I hate Chemistry in general but can handle it when it's things like neurological activity. I'm willing to take a couple terrible classes if I'm interested in the rest of the material.</p>
<p>Cut to the chase: Is a Neuroscience degree lucrative and not insanely difficult (as in not much more than any other degree), and is it a more lucrative than average major?</p>
<p>Neuroscience is only slightly better than art history in the job market. Want a good job at the bachelors level? Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. Yes, you said you hate chemistry, but the problem is that Neuroscience will still require you to take alot of chemistry classes; 2 years in fact. At least in my school. Neuroscience is part of the Biology program, and all biology students (as well as public health) take all the classes Chemistry students take the first 2 years, except Biology has more requirements than Chemistry. Biology is little more than the study of a tiny subset of chemical reactions: homogenenously catalyzed organic reactions in water.</p>
<p>If you truly hate chemistry, science and facts so much that you can’t study it: Accounting or Computers.</p>
<p>I hate Chemistry but I would only need to take one semester (Organic Chem) as I took a College Chemistry course for a year with lab in high school which transferred. I don’t hate all sciences just in general I do not enjoy them. If I get a Neuroscience Bachelor’s I absolutely plan on continuing to get my Master’s, possibly my PHD. I don’t mind taking Gen Bio at all, as that’s more interesting to me. I don’t mind Chemistry as it pertains to things I’m interested in, and the same goes for Biology. I figure no matter what major I do, I’ll have to take classes I dislike to get a solid ground for studies that actually interest me.</p>
<p>It’s not that I’m absolutely unwilling to take classes I won’t enjoy; I will have to no matter what I do. I’m just wondering if it really is insanely difficult compared to many things and if it’s true that a Master’s or PHD are that much more lucrative than things like History and English (not big into Accounting or Computers).</p>
<p>I’d say, yes, it’s better, but only because you can more easily transfer to a better major from Neuroscience than from English or History. All of them are terrible for future careers even with a PhD.</p>
<p>If you want a social science career that doesn’t end at McDonalds, try Finance or Quantitative Economics (the BS Econ, not BA Econ). Otherwise Neuroscience is just as bad as Art History.</p>