<p>Hi there, I just thought I’d straight up answer your questions. I’m a current student, I have plenty of friends majoring in HumBio. Some are pre-med, some aren’t!</p>
<p>1) HumBio is as interdisciplinary or as focused as you want it to be. When you declare the major, you choose your concentration and you basically design your own curriculum which the department has to approve. For example, I have one friend concentrating in developmental psychology and another concentrating in public health. HumBio is often seen as the “pre-med major” because it fulfills a lot of the requirements, but again you don’t have to be pre-med to do HumBio. </p>
<p>2) It is completely possible to minor in a language with HumBio, especially with language credit from high school. I’d recommend starting a language early though, because scheduling intro-level languages can be difficult. </p>
<p>3) I’m not entirely sure if HumBio fulfills ALL the med school requirements (chemistry in particular), I would check the program website, but depending on your concentration it definitely knocks out a lot. As another poster said, the Bio Core will get you the bio requirements. Law schools don’t have many strict requirements for courses so I imaine you could adapt HumBio to those purposes. </p>
<p>4) Many of my friends who picked HumBio really enjoy the flexibility that it offers compared to a major in the natural or social sciences. Again, it’s the interdisciplinary approach which makes it very appealing, because rather than major in stock “bio” for pre-med, students can pursue a passion they have. </p>
<p>5) HumBio is as hard or as easy as you want it, again varying by concentration. The BioCore can be pretty brutal with 10 units/quarter your sophomore year, but other than that it’s up to you. Often times the most difficult classes will come out of your pre-med requirements moreso than your HumBio classes though. </p>
<p>Again, you don’t have to do HumBio for pre-med but if you have a passion for it, definitely consider it! Hope this helped :)</p>