changing major from biochem to cogsci?

x3anna
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:43:01 +0000

It seems like you have a wide area of interests (science, business, cogs, etc) and you have picked cogsci randomly (without taking the classes) when you could be exploring so many options. I would say don’t change out of your biochem major just yet, because its difficult to get back into the impacted bio department after you change, so keep it until you’re absolutely sure you’re not going to change into another bio major.

However, instead of just jumping into cogsci, pick a handful of classes from a variety of departments. I started out as an undeclared leaning towards biochem but took random courses from language, literature, sociology, economics, etc classes just for fun. So I ended up doubling in the social sciences and humanities areas. It was all so interesting that I would’ve added another minor if I could have finished in four years.

Go check out the majors page and click on any department website’s link if you find it even remotely interesting, then read about the departments, courses, and course descriptions on there.
[Undergraduate Majors at UCSD](Undergraduate Majors at UC San Diego)
I probably explored just about every page just to get a better look at my possible options. Pick some random ones, including cogs, and if you don’t have a good feel for it, you have a good 4 weeks to drop the class. Many of the quarters I made lists of five or six classes and narrow it down after I attend a few of the lectures.

With most colleges, you should be able to finish in four years even with all the extra classes if you plan correctly by taking 4 or 5 a quarter, or take summer sessions. I definitely think it’s worth it. In addition, a lot of my 'for fun" classes ended up qualifying for a lot of GEs.