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I'm a student at a community college thinking about transferring to a 4 year into Neuroscience (self.neuroscience)
submitted 11y ago by _enr
What classes does anyone recommend I take to better my chances of getting into a neuroscience program at a 4 year school? I'm a psych major and I've already taken basic bio and math. I figured I'd ask here first to get some real answers from you guys before I go to an academic advisor or anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
mavvv 3 points
We require a course of Philosophy at my school. Can't remember what it is specifically.
manaiish 1 points
that's awesome. what school do you go to?
mavvv 1 points
University of Portland. The neuroscience minor just began this semester!
Edit: No neuroscience major yet, but it's gaining so much followers, it's gotta be coming soon.
Edit: No neuroscience major yet, but it's gaining so much followers, it's gotta be coming soon.
manaiish 2 points
Nice, do you think philosophy is useful for neuroscience?
mavvv 2 points
I always grew up thinking it was more of a hypothetical field, but the terms and common thinking patterns are scientific and don't use belief but rather theory. I've only signed up for the course so I'm not sure. Even the guinea pigs this semester could only just begin to answer this. You could go to the schools website www.up.edu and find our school's psych chair to email. (I'd tell you her email so you could ask some questions, but I dont think I am supposed to give personal contact information over reddit)
3gr3gious 3 points
I'm surprised no one mentioned trying to fit in a Physics course as well, some experience with physics helped me with higher level neuro classes a fair amount.
Emazon7790 3 points
I don't know much about transferring, but if the transfer works out:
At UCLA it's really tough to transfer into life science at the upper div level and be able to switch out if you don't like it, so be wary of that and have a couple of backup departments your first quarter at the 4-year. Since Neuroscience upper divs tend to be really tough and detailed, you might even consider taking an extra year so you can actually enjoy the classes and not get killed by them. I myself am not a transfer, but I am a Neuroscience major and I am taking an extra year in order to fit in an Art History major (which is a lot easier and a good break from neuroscience). Neuroscience is an excellent major if you have the dedication and the passion for it.
At UCLA it's really tough to transfer into life science at the upper div level and be able to switch out if you don't like it, so be wary of that and have a couple of backup departments your first quarter at the 4-year. Since Neuroscience upper divs tend to be really tough and detailed, you might even consider taking an extra year so you can actually enjoy the classes and not get killed by them. I myself am not a transfer, but I am a Neuroscience major and I am taking an extra year in order to fit in an Art History major (which is a lot easier and a good break from neuroscience). Neuroscience is an excellent major if you have the dedication and the passion for it.
manaiish 1 points
Thank you for this. I'm a senior in HS and taking the community college then transfer to the 4 year approach. I've been looking into transferring to UCLA as a neuroscience major. Since that's what you're doing, any advice for an 18 year old?
veils1de 2 points
b.s graduate in neuro from ucla. let me know if you have any specific questions, i'll see if i can help
manaiish 1 points
I just talked to someone that goes to UCSB and she told me of a major called BioPsych. How similar is that to neuro because it sounds really interesting
Emazon7790 3 points
At UCLA we call it PsychoBio and while it is more similar to Neuroscience than Psychology or Biology, it is a lot easier than the Neuroscience major. A lot of people take it as an alternative, or transfer into it if they think Neuro is too hard. (Not to slander PsychoBio majors, but Neurosci can be a total gradewrecker.) This major has more to do with how the body interacts with and influences the brain in health and disease. At UCLA it's interdisciplinary, so there are no actual "PsychoBio professors." I'd check it out at UCSB in person though cuz there might be some major differences. Good luck!
Emazon7790 1 points
Just make sure you're really interested in what you transfer into. I have a friend who transferred in and was really sad because her life sci major was pretty much set with the first day of class and she decided she didn't like it. With such a tough major, you might even want to consider taking an extra year at UCLA so you can actually enjoy life and not just cram classes. However, if you stick with it and you have a lot of passion for it, Neuroscience at UCLA is totally bombass. Good luck! : )
beepbeepsean 3 points
Stats, Chemistry, Biology, and any Psych classes offered.
_enr [OP] 2 points
Thank you all so much. Everyones answers were very helpful.
rayncity 2 points
I considered myself an undeclared psych major my first year (this is my second) and I am currently trying to transfer into the neuroscience program. My school requires me to complete the Science Year One courses which are Bio 101, Physics 101, Chem 121 (intro), Math 151 (Calc 1), and Kin 142 (intro).
**TL;DR** Take some more intro science courses to build a solid foundation to enter the program - I'm sure your AA will recommend similar advice.
**TL;DR** Take some more intro science courses to build a solid foundation to enter the program - I'm sure your AA will recommend similar advice.
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