<p>Does anyone have experience with this major or know someone who has done it? Any feedback or recommendations?</p>
<p>I had classmates who majored in it. What questions do you have about it? It’s great preparation for graduate study in speech pathology.</p>
<p>is it pretty popular? how did they like it?
i’m planning on double majoring with psychology, and i want to ultimately enter the field of Autism as a career…would it be useful for that? i’d want to do the concentrations in speech and language pathology and learning disabilities (if i can do both)</p>
<p>I don’t know how popular the major is; US News ranked NU second in speech-language pathology and 9th in audiology. It shows the faculty are leading experts in the field.</p>
<p>wow, that good? it looks like a really interesting major…
A current freshman at NU told me that there are only 6 freshmen majoring in Human Communication Sciences…does anyone know how true this is, and is this because of difficulty of getting accepted into that major or because people don’t really want to enter this major?</p>
<p>Well, you have to look at it this way: Some majors, such as sociology, political science, English, and economics, will always be more popular because they are more well-known. The Human Communication Sciences major may not have many students, but that does not mean it’s a bad program. I graduated from the smallest NU school (SESP), and it usually has a small number of incoming freshmen. The cohorts increases as more current students learn about the program and do an interschool transfer in later quarters (usually sophomore-junior).</p>
<p>Dana772576,</p>
<p>Not many people are aspired to work with people with autism or communications discorder. People respect you if you are in it but don’t want to be in it themselves. I know only one person working in that field.</p>
<p>tenisghs and Sam Lee, than you very much for your inputs. I think I’ll apply to the SoC then because, from my understanding, if you want to double major in WCAS + another school, the other school has to be your primary school…</p>
<p>Another question, do you know if it’s possible to earn a degree in both SoC and WCAS? I know the WCAS site says most students only earn their degree in the non-WCAS school, but is it possible to get two degrees outside the dual degree programs?</p>
<p>^^ I do not think so. I was a double major and received one degree. There are only certain schools that offer the dual degree option (Music, Engineering).</p>
<p>Alright, that’s what I thought…it’s kind of disheartening that I’ll be doing that work and won’t receive a degree for it, but oh well…thanks</p>
<p>It’s not that bad. Most NU students, who decide to pursue a double major, only receive one degree. I feel more connected to SESP than I do with Weinberg. :)</p>
<p>Oh really? that’s not too bad then, i guess :] I wanted psychology to be my primary major, but oh well…i guess that’s not possible</p>