<p>I know stanford/harvard has this with their undergraduates allowed to attend seminars/intro courses at any of their graduate schools...</p>
<p>Stanford even has it in their brochure, advertising that they encourage their undergrads to take graduate seminars/courses, and if a graduate didnt get to experience a certain undergrad intro course/seminar they are allowed to do the same.</p>
<p>Is this possible at JHU??? or is it to small/structured of a private institution to do this... I completely understand if that is the reason... quite hard to get a school to do that.</p>
<p>yeah this isn't all that uncommon. I'll be starting the econ grad core next year. Also, you can take classes at the school of public health, in addition to Arts & Sciences/Engineering.</p>
<p>Hopkins is pretty unique (I know of no other but I am leaving room for ignorance) in that it has no undergraduate college (and never has since its founding). Most universities will have, for example, a college of arts and sciences and a separate graduate school of arts and sciences. In contrast, both the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the GWC Whiting School of Engineering combine undergraduate and graduate education. Each school has one faculty (i.e., no graduate student only faculty) and one set of administrators (although there are Vice Deans for undergraduate and graduate studies). Generally speaking, you can take whatever course you are qualified to take. Years ago, Hopkins allowed (even encouraged) students to work directly on Ph.D's, bypassing the BA or BS degree. They ended this practice however, after a few students spent 6 or 7 years at the University, not completing their doctorates, and ended up with nothing. The current system is better.</p>
<p>Does this apply to graduate studies in the medical field... aka there med school?... Cuz id like to do graduate philosophy courses but also medical school.. im planning on double major.. philo+neuro.. But yah.. id like to know if this is allowed.. since medical school is counted as a "graduate" school right?</p>
<p>I don't know if you can take courses at the medical school but many departments offer a BA/MA, so you sort of have to take graduate courses if you want the MA. Usually, graduate courses will count for 4.5 credits (at least in the math/science departments).</p>
<p>Mhmmm... cuz when i was looking at the course outline for first year medical school... it is pretty much review of basic sciences (Since the USMLEs have a whole section just for the basic sciences, and then it goes onto the practical medicine etc/clinical)... I just would like to know if it is possible taking first year med school courses (which is kind of like taking graduate degree courses).?</p>
<p>The closest thing you can get to 'earning credit' through the medical school is the medical tutorial program, which offers students the opportunity to shadow various physicians, clinical researchers, conduct research, etc., at the medical campus, (as well as a few off site locations), on a semesterly basis. </p>
<p>After satisfactory completion of the medical tutorial, you can earn 1-2 S/U credits, (depending on the amount of hours/time you commit), through the medical school, which will be notated as "ME" credit on your undergraduate transcipt.</p>
<p>That's about as close as you will get in terms of earning credit through the medical school; if the medical school permitted undergraduates to 'sit in' on the first year courses, half the campus would be attending Hopkins Med rather than taking the required courses at Homewood. :D</p>
<p>Good luck and enjoy your summer. And as I told another posters on here anxiously worrying and pre-planning their entire undergraduate career, get off CC and enjoy your pre-college youth! :D</p>
<p>oo no i understand that idea... but i am very passionate about medicine</p>
<p>To bad i am already doing something similar to the Medical Tutorial this summer...</p>
<p>If you'd like to know, my main ECs revolve around neurosurgical sciences... i want to be a neurosurgeon after all... and getting exposed early should show something...</p>
<p>Anyways, i guess i am not even allowed to sit on medical lectures either...</p>
<p>JHU just went from being ED to becoming RD on my list... i am very interested in learning medicine, and would like to learn it while I am learning my undergrad curriculum (sounds like a lot).</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your reply Tanya922, Yanks, tanman, coolguy, and alonzo</p>
<p>As a public health major, I was actually REQUIRED to take courses at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in order to graduate. I was able to take courses along with graduate students enrolled at the nation's top school of public health. Some/many students at the school of public health are medical professionals, or MD students, pursuing their MPH.</p>
<p>Ambitiousteen, while you won't be allowed to register for medical school classes, you're definitely allowed to attend the talks and lectures given at the medical campus. Each department has weekly grand rounds and those are open to anyone who wants to attend - I actually went to the Neurosurgery grand rounds earlier last month. There's lots of ways to get involved and further your medical education without actually taking medical school classes. You'll also be plenty busy with a double major so why rush taking medical school classes early?</p>