kutibah

I will be majoring in Neuroscience in the fall and I am thinking of minoring in Philosophy. I love philosophy, however I heard philosophy requires lots and lots of reading/writing. Now, I normally don't enjoy reading unless it's about something I really love. Is it true that Philosophy courses have an extreme amount of reading and writing? Will this in any way hinder me in my pre-med path (in terms of time consumption)

Student35

Philosophy will be largely reading, writing, and discussion. But there are very few (if any) tests. But philosophy will be just as time consuming as anything else. Say you minored in chemistry, you would spend the majority of the time studying for exams rather than writing papers. Get what I'm saying?

kenf1234

Most philosophy courses don't have an extreme amount of reading, however the reading can be very complex and difficult. So the texts may be relatively short, but they may require a lot of time to read them.