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kcat
I have a Bachelor's degree in business admin with a concentration in computer info systems. A counselor told me I can probably get a master's degree in history or psychology without taking any prerequisite courses.
Besides history and psychology, I am also interested in biology, a more practical degree to have. However, I really dislike math. How much math is involved in a master of biology degree?
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Yeah, your counselor doesn't know sh~t. I double majored in neuro and psych and have researched both courses of study for graduate school. Every psych program I considered required at least 18 credit hours in psych, if not a psych degree. Bio requires substantial background in the physical sciences. Those are both research heavy programs that necessitate a thorough background comprehension. There are programs that don't require a background in the subject. Have you considered library science?
Yeah, your counselor doesn't know sh~t. I double majored in neuro and psych and have researched both courses of study for graduate school. Every psych program I considered required at least 18 credit hours in psych, if not a psych degree. Bio requires substantial background in the physical sciences. Those are both research heavy programs that necessitate a thorough background comprehension. There are programs that don't require a background in the subject. Have you considered library science?
Can you combine any minor with any major to get a bachelors degree?
john g
Im going to a community college for my associates in Computer Info. Systems, and the college has a transfer agreement with other four year colleges in my state. Can i transfer to my junior year and major in anything i want? Lets say business. And if i want to go for my masters, what can i take?
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You don't need a minor at all to get a bachelors degree. The minor shows up as a side note that may help you qualify for other jobs or give you other experience. I know someone who is majoring in computer science, and minoring in Spanish. I'm majoring in electrical engineering and minoring in computer science, and my wife has a bachelors degree in biology with a minor in chemistry, my sister has a bachelors degree in chemistry with a minor in physics (she also has a masters degree in analytical chemistry), and I have a brother with a degree in software engineering with no minor, and a brother with a degree in geology with no minor.
Yeah, you can transfer your junior year and major in business. If you haven't taken any business courses, then you're on square one with that major, but everything that transferred over or that you have equivalence for will stick. The transfer agreement with other colleges means "If a person receives an associate degree from that college, it will nullify all general education requirements and most of the courses taken will have direct equivalences at this college." That's all it means. You can major in anything you feel like at any time -- you could even switch to a major in music right before graduating with a degree in chemistry, but you would be put back on square one in the music major.
Typically a masters degree will be in something related to your bachelors degree, since there are certain prerequisites to entering a masters program (a few exceptions: medical schools take pre-med bachelors degrees, biology degrees, chemistry degrees, even engineering or philosophy degrees if they have taken the prerequisite anatomy, physiology, and organic chemistry; Masters of Business Administration programs love having people with engineering, computer science, or other marketable backgrounds, but surprisingly enough don't like bachelors of business administration as much). It's awfully hard to try to get into a masters program in biology when your bachelors degree was in philosophy, and it's hard to get into a masters program in psychology when your undergraduate degree was in computer science.
You don't need a minor at all to get a bachelors degree. The minor shows up as a side note that may help you qualify for other jobs or give you other experience. I know someone who is majoring in computer science, and minoring in Spanish. I'm majoring in electrical engineering and minoring in computer science, and my wife has a bachelors degree in biology with a minor in chemistry, my sister has a bachelors degree in chemistry with a minor in physics (she also has a masters degree in analytical chemistry), and I have a brother with a degree in software engineering with no minor, and a brother with a degree in geology with no minor.
Yeah, you can transfer your junior year and major in business. If you haven't taken any business courses, then you're on square one with that major, but everything that transferred over or that you have equivalence for will stick. The transfer agreement with other colleges means "If a person receives an associate degree from that college, it will nullify all general education requirements and most of the courses taken will have direct equivalences at this college." That's all it means. You can major in anything you feel like at any time -- you could even switch to a major in music right before graduating with a degree in chemistry, but you would be put back on square one in the music major.
Typically a masters degree will be in something related to your bachelors degree, since there are certain prerequisites to entering a masters program (a few exceptions: medical schools take pre-med bachelors degrees, biology degrees, chemistry degrees, even engineering or philosophy degrees if they have taken the prerequisite anatomy, physiology, and organic chemistry; Masters of Business Administration programs love having people with engineering, computer science, or other marketable backgrounds, but surprisingly enough don't like bachelors of business administration as much). It's awfully hard to try to get into a masters program in biology when your bachelors degree was in philosophy, and it's hard to get into a masters program in psychology when your undergraduate degree was in computer science.
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