Neuroscience Major at Ohio State - Pitt - Binghamton

caz0743
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:09:03 +0000

One thing I can say about Pitt is my S19 took mostly all Honors courses and they are super small. You DO NOT have to be in the Honors College to do so, but he was. He graduated with 150 credits (a BS, BA, Chem minor and certificate) and I don’t think he had more than 2-3 large lectures his entire 4 years. The labs are capped and very small as well. I am not sure what the above poster meant by Pitt emphasizes Bio, as my son only took Bio 1 and 2 with labs. In his Neuro track he took honors Functional Neuroanatomy and Synaptic Transmission but took plain old Human Physiology. Organic Chem 1/2 with labs, Physics 1/2 with labs, Chem 1/2 with labs. One elective he chose was Neurobiology of Aging bc it was available when he needed one. If pre-med make sure you take sociology, psychology and are really good at English and comprehension. That is a huge portion of the MCAT.
My S19 chose being a neuro major over a chem major bc he really liked a lot of the gen eds he took, specifically Biomedical Ethics. So he ended up with a BA in Philosophy of Science as well. Being a chem major was not as flexible.

A lot of neuro students who minor are psych majors. But note: Pitt does not offer a psych minor.

Also S19 sounds a lot like your child. He can find small classes at Pitt very easily.