<p>I am very interested in Northeastern, and it is one of my top choices ! :) I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on whether it would be better for me to major in biology CAS or in health sciences at the Health Sciences College? I am going for pre-med, so I would like a program that is better for that curriculum, althought I know they have it for both majors!
Thanks for your thoughts!</p>
<p>Good luck H.S. class of 2010! :)</p>
<p>Depends on what your interests are, it really won’t make a difference as far as preparing you for the MCAT or for application to medical school. </p>
<p>Health Science is much more focused on… well, health science. You take a lot of classes about public health, health care systems, and policy, whereas a bio takes a lot of classes in harder science (hard in the sense of “hard science” vs. “soft science”).</p>
<p>I don’t see the point in being a health science major unless you’re really interested in the Public Health aspect of science and medicine. Those classes sound excruciatingly boring to me (but I’m a neuroscience major, so I’m biased). Again, med school wise, they’re probably the same… I have friends from both who have successfully gotten into med or grad school.</p>
<p>The bulk of the curriculum is the same for both majors until you get the basic sciences out of the way, both will get you into General Bio, Gen Chem, Organic, Genetics, Calculus… I believe physics is also required for both. Outside of that, you’ll be taking more major-based electives. If your interests are more science related (cell bio, neuroscience, chemistry, ecology, evolution, etc.,) then go for bio. If you’re more interested in policy and health care systems, then go for health sciences.</p>
<p>I’m Pre Med and I love health science but then again I’m really interested in the classes I’m taking. You learn a lot about the US Health care system, and get a lot of the pre med courses out of the way. I’m planning on graduating with a minor in Biology you can always do that or major in Bio and have a HS minor. Or even a double major.</p>