<p>Okay, I definitely know I'm going to major in psychology. What I'm unsure about is if I want to double in German, minor in German, or whatever other choice there could be, I don't know. My main goal is to learn the language really well just because that's always been a dream of mine. So what I'm wondering is what you typically would learn with a major and what would you learn with a minor? Because I'm also wanting to take pre-med classes that won't be included in psych, so if I can learn German really well with just a minor instead of a major I'd like to do that so I'm not taking too much and stressing myself. Or should I just take the language classes? Couldn't that be considered a minor? I'm really confused and would appreciate some help and I'm sorry if I confused you too.</p>
<p>If you want to learn the language, a double major probably may be a bit too much. I dont mean that you will learn so much of the language, but the fact that you have another major and also want to do pre med… that may add on to that. I would suggest doing something like rosetta stone, and IF you have any room for some german classes (while keeping in mind pre med reqs, your major’s reqs) then take some</p>
<p>Where are you in your education? If you are still in high school or just about to start college, you don’t need to make a decision yet. For most programs, you only need to decide on a major at the end of your sophomore year in college. So, in your freshman year, start out taking German at whatever level is appropriate, one or two semester-long intro psych courses, a year of general chemistry + lab, and calculus. In your sophomore year, more German, more psych, and maybe organic chemistry and/or biology,and an elective or two. At the end of your sophomore year, you will know not only enough about psych and German to make an informed decision, but just as importantly, you will know about the departments at your college or university: how the major is structured, who the faculty are, and so on.</p>
<p>A double major + premed is do-able, but does take planning. Make sure you tell your advisor what you have in mind. Fortunately, if you end up bailing on the double major idea, you still can use the classes you’ve taken to fulfil the distribution requirements at most universities.</p>
<p>You also might be able to arrange, through your college, for a summer or a semester in a German-speaking country, which is the best way to learn the language fluently.</p>
<p>This will vary from school to school, however, a major requires taking a certain number of credits with some specific classes. A minor is often just a number of credits. If you major in a language you will take classes to learn the language, but you also will take classes on the culture. Depending on what your goal is, you could take language classes, spend a summer or semester in the country where the language is spoken and have a pretty good command of the language (if you have a bit of a talent for languages). This approach would not require a major or a minor in the language.</p>
<p>Oops, I forgot to say that I’ll be senior in high school this year when school starts again. I’m just asking this because I’m the type of person that likes to plan almost everything way ahead of time so I know that I’m prepared. And I do really want to go to Germany at some point in my college career. I just also worry about that because I wouldn’t want to fall behind in my psychology major. I kind of like the idea of taking them my freshman and sophomore year, but I would also like to continue learning my junior and senior year too. So maybe if I minored if it consists of just filling up credits I could just take all language classes. I’m not as interested in learning the culture, but it’s not like I wouldn’t mind. I guess I’ll just have to talk to people at the different colleges I’m looking at and try to figure it out.</p>
<p>Do NOT use Rosetta Stone. Ever. Under any circumstance.</p>