<p>Would it be possible to major in Neuroscience and minor in Psychology, while taking the courses allotted for PreMed?</p>
<p>Would such a course load take longer to finish in terms of a 4-5 year graduation?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't know the courseloads for those majors, but it is certainly doable to major in neuro and minor in psychology. Since I assume some of the requirements overlap with the pre-med requirements, this should be doable. The psychology courses will help you fill your humanities/social sciences requirements, and you'll probably need bio, physics, chem, orgo,... anyway.</p>
<p>Cool thanks.</p>
<p>Sorry, Yanksdolphins, but...</p>
<p>No, you cannot double major in Neuroscience and Psychology (more specifically, it's called psychological & brain sciences), neither can neuroscience majors double major with cognitive science. In addition, you cannot MINOR in psychology with neuroscience either. These are one of the only double major constraints at Hopkins. It's not because you can't finish in time, but rather, because a lot of classes you'll be taking for neuro will also count as psych. I know this because I was told so by my advisor. Now that doesn't mean that you can take additional psych classes, you just won't get a degree for psych. </p>
<p>Yes, you can do neuroscience & pre-med at the same time, because the pre-med track is included in the neuroscience degree. This means that all the classes you take as a premed are also required classes for neuroscience majors. In fact, it takes more effort for non-sciences majors to do pre-med than neuroscience/bio majors.</p>
<p>Ok, well now it gets interesting. Two completely different answers....</p>
<p>Anyone want to break the tie?</p>
<p>From the Undergraduate Student Manual, which is online:</p>
<p>"Restrictions Applying to Double Majors
Generally there are no restrictions on double counting courses to satisfy the requirements of multiple majors and/or minors. The exceptions are found in the Behavioral Biology, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Neuroscience programs where there are restrictions on double-counting courses from other science majors or minors."</p>
<p>See here: Majors</a> and Minors</p>
<p>Ouch.... ok. Too bad.</p>
<p>I was actually surprised to find that constraint in the manual, because I know that usually, being able to double-count courses is precisely what makes it relatively easy to double major at Hopkins.</p>
<p>However, as JHUery pointed out, the restriction does not mean you can't take additional psych classes; it just means you can't have an official psych minor. If you're deciding whether to apply to Hopkins, I would say you shouldn't let this double-major restriction hold you back; I hear the neuroscience major is great.</p>
<p>The reason why I know about this whole deal with neuroscience/psych double major/minor is because I actually wanted to pursue one. 'Cept...I wanted to do a double major in cognitive science and psychological and brain sciences (yes, it's a long name but that's the "official" name of psych majors at Hopkins). There is no WRITTEN information that I cannot double major in cog sci/psych, but after meeting with the department head, I was told no- simply because it's actually too EASY to double major in those two (same with psych/neurosci). For example, if you wanted to double major in say...international relations (IR) and biology, you'd have to take almost twice as many courses. On the other hand, if you wanted to double in IR and Economics, it's not too bad because a lot of IR classes fall into the Economics category. So just to give another example: I'm a senior in cognitive sciences, and will be getting a diploma in cog sci...but I've taken enough classes (including required ones) for a psych major. HOWEVER, I will not get recognized as a "double major" in psych/cog sci EVEN THOUGH my class records show that I have enough credits in both categories. So there you go. If you wanted to do a neurosci/psych just to look smart and beef up your resume...then it won't happen. But if you're REALLLLLY interested in both, you can always take courses in both departments. OR you could do a cog sci major and concentrate in neuroscience and psychology...and it covers both. Either way, I think neurosci and psych are very good compliments to each other, with or without the official documentation.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all the feedback. Really I'm interested in a Neuroscience Degree; the pysch aspect is just something that I have been toying with recently. </p>
<p>I do have one last question though. Would it be possible to change majors between Neuroscience and Cognitive Science majors a couple of months into the year without losing the credit for those courses that would count to a Cognitive Science Degree. </p>
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<p>You don't declare your major until later. Just take the courses you want and declare when you're ready.</p>
<p>Switching majors (unless it's BME- which I'm not too sure) is as easy as 1) filling out the paper , 2) meeting with an advisor for maybe 10 minutes. Then things follow from there. No classes are lost, and most likely (unless you switch in your junior year into a completely different major), it will not affect your graduation time either.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
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Hmmm. </p>
<p>Just major (concentrate?) in cognitive neuroscience. That's what I wanna do! :D</p>