<p>I was accepted into the College of Liberal Arts for Psychology (BA), if i were to want to change that to a BS instead what would the process be? And what is the main difference? I am planning on taking the pre-med track so i am starting to wonder if maybe a BS would be more appropriate...</p>
<p>Also, how do you go about adding a second major and/or adding a minor? Is it difficult because each school has limited spots? If i want to add a major or minor do i need to contact my academic advisor before it becomes complicated?</p>
<p>It is very easy to add another major or a minor in the College of Liberal Arts. You just take the classes required. Majors in CLA generally do not have “limited spots”</p>
<p>Psych B.S. is the typical track for psych majors with pre-med. The pre-med track results in a minor in Biology, but you don’t have to add it as you do an official major. The main difference is that the BS requires less semesters of language but more natural sciences courses - the Psych Undergrad Office and website (that Midwest linked) have a BS with pre-med reqs planning guide available. Make an appointment with your psych dept advisor (just call the office, they can tell you who yours is if you don’t know them already) and you can meet with them, change to the BS and add a double major if you want.</p>
<p>Thank you very much guys for the quick responses and great information, just for a little clarification, if i were to double major i would most likely want my second major to be something from the business school, how would that change things?</p>
<p>As a non-business major, you are restricted as to the business school courses you can take. (They probably do this to prevent someone who was not admitted to McCombs from using this as a backdoor to get into the business school.) However, there is Business Foundations for non-business majors:</p>
<p>That is interesting, but i could have sworn that I have heard of people with 2 majors from different schools (ie Natural Sciences and McCombs) am i mistaken?</p>
<p>Its possible to have majors in Natural Sciences and McCombs, but you would have to apply to McCombs, maybe through the transfer process(?) if you were not admitted as a freshman. You would have to complete Calc I and II, Econ I and II and have 24 hours in residence when you apply.</p>
<p>I’m in McCombs and COLA. But I applied for both of them during the initial process. I’m guessing you should “transfer” to McCombs after a year there.</p>
<p>I also plan on applying to the honors program (plan II) for my sophomore year since i didn’t this year, in your guys’ opinion would adding a second major on top of that and the pre-med reqs create too rigorous of a schedule?</p>
<p>I also suggest meeting with an advisor from the Health Professions Office - they can help you plan out courses, provide information on various medical schools, and have statistics on successful med school admissions per major at UT so that could help you narrow some things down.</p>
<p>I’m doing a BS in psych and going the pre-med route! Look on the website and make an appointment with your advisor if possible so you can be informed on what specific classes to take and such!</p>