<p>Could someone from NHS (and preferably a Human Science major) describe the advantages/disadvantages of this major compared to a regular life sciences major (i.e. Biology, Biochemistry, etc.) for a pre-med student?</p>
<p>I'm also considering Notre Dame for Biology, so I need some help deciding where to go (I just got off wait-list!)</p>
<p>feel free to browse my many posts on NHS and human science. Here are some of the required courses that you’ll take as a Human Science major that you typically won’t find in regular biology majors:</p>
<p>-Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
-Pathophysiology
-Pharmacology
-Molecular and Cellular Fundamentals of Disease
-Disease Genetics
-Human Immunology
-Microbiology (medical focus)
-Physiological Adaptations to Extreme Environments
-Human Growth and Development</p>
<p>Electives in Human Science include Exercise Physiology, Biochemistry of Human Functioning, and Cell Biology of Cancer.</p>
<p>Human Science has a new cellular and molecular biology teaching laboratory that you’ll use for all of your science courses that have labs. You also have access to GUS, Georgetown University Simulator, the human patient simulator in NHS. You’ll get to use him in various courses, and you can use him for independent research if you choose. Human Science is great if you want a preview of medical school courses, as it mirrors some of first and second year of medical school, obviously at a less intense level. You won’t have to waste time learning about photosynthesis, plants, prokaryote genetics, etc. as you’ll be focusing on the human. There is also an abroad translational health science summer internship that you may or may not be interested in. It’s a pretty unique opportunity, combining study of pediatric respiratory viruses in lecture, study in the laboratory setting, and finally study in the clinical setting in hospitals.</p>
<p>[Georgetown</a> University Nursing and Health Studies](<a href=“http://snhs.georgetown.edu/humanscience/argentina.html]Georgetown”>http://snhs.georgetown.edu/humanscience/argentina.html)</p>
<p>The department is small, with probably 30 or so majors. You’ll have many opportunities for your faculty and advisors to actually get to know you, and this helps in getting involved in research, and the faculty primarily take undergraduate students as research assistants. In fact, for one course, Exercise Physiology, Dr. Hyatt allowed us to learn some of his research instead of doing a traditional exercise physiology laboratory. We got to learn molecular techniques in muscle research, and studied the effects on muscle hypertrophy of cutting off a certain stalk of the pituitary gland. two students then continued on as formal research assistants after the course.</p>
<p>Disadvantages are that you are locked into the courses you have to take, so you can’t really pick and choose which upper level courses you will take, as most are required. So it’s really hard to add on a double major if you want, but some do a minor in Psychology (since it’s pretty easy to get those requirements) or a certificate (NHS-speak for minor) in public health.</p>
<p>Advantages, as said above, are that you get a preview of medical subjects, a small department, great faculty interaction, patient simulator, new laboratory, and a unique study abroad program.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>oh are you currently in NHS?</p>
<p>I got into NHS recently by the way, but I’m still debating whether I should really transfer to Georgetown or not. I thought Georgetown would be a better fit for me because it seems like NHS takes care of its undergraduate students more than McGill does. McGill’s only know for their research and it has one of the best medical school, but they seem to not care much about the undergrad students.</p>
<p>I like how NHS integrates internship in their curriculum for “Human Science”</p>
<p>I want to apply to Georgetown but im unsure which school to apply to, the college or the school of nursing and health studies. I know both schools have the same premed but the NHS has more relevant classes in terms of med school. But im really good at chemistry and im worried that the NHS is too much bio. I know i obviously need to take bio, but I want to focus on chemistry for my premed. So does anyone have any suggestions of whether i should just do biochem at georgetown or should i do the NHS as a human science major?</p>