<p>I am applying to Pitt next year, and I have a question about majors. I plan to go to med school, so I need to take all the required premed courses. What exactly is a neuroscience major? Is it challenging (more so than a bio major)? What classes do you take/ what do you study? Will it give me the required premed courses? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>ok, I will start with the questions with objective answers and then go to the subjective ones.</p>
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<li><p>Yes, it will get you the classes you need. A large percentage of the neuro majors here are pre-med. </p></li>
<li><p>Here is a list of requirements and a list of last semester’s classes. Reading them will give you a better idea than what I could say in one or two sentences. </p></li>
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<p>[Degree</a> Requirements | Department of Neuroscience | University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/programs/undergraduate/degree-requirements.php]Degree”>http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/programs/undergraduate/degree-requirements.php)
[NROSCI</a> Courses 2104](<a href=“http://www.courses.as.pitt.edu/show-subj.asp?TERM=2104&SUBJ=NROSCI]NROSCI”>http://www.courses.as.pitt.edu/show-subj.asp?TERM=2104&SUBJ=NROSCI)</p>
<p>A neuroscience major is like a biology major in regard to the methodology, required background, skill set, etc. It is more focused in that all you study is the brain rather than something broader like molecular biology.</p>
<p>I would say neuroscience is probably harder than biology just because it attracts better students. It is certainly one of Pitt’s best departments and probably the best at getting a large portion of its undergrads to do research.</p>
<p>Btw, any major can go with pre-med so you really don’t need to worry too much about it as far as picking a major.</p>