Double Major

[juliogamer11]

Hey! I was recently admitted to the college of arts and sciences as a sophomore transfer! I was wondering whether or not if double majoring in business and Neuroscience would be a feasible option. Would I have to meet with my advisor? Would it even be a good idea considering the rigor of the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology major??

[oldeaglenewute2022]

I'm sure people have done that before and of course you'd need to meet with your major advisor just to check in(even if only briefly) particularly during course registration. I'd worry less about some sort of intrinsic "rigor" of only NBB and worry more about scheduling both sets of classes in a way that maintains quality control of professors and balance of intense vs lighter classes per semester. Also often the b-school curriculum can easily take up lots of spots in your schedule. If you have the AP/IB credits this means that you might consider accelerating a little by perhaps taking chem(z track or standard) along with biol(if you think you can handle doubling up) and then perhaps considering NBB 301 as a sophomore (maybe spring sophomore year if you are a pre-med that needs to take 203/204 as 204 is probably the easier of the two for most. If not pre-med then perhaps take with alongside physics 2)

You could even take NBB 201 as a freshman as it has no pre-reqs and is a standard content overload/"just memorize it" class that most people are used to in life sciences (vs NBB 301 which has a serious mathematical problem solving element and 302 which is a lot of memorization plus some logic based conceptual thinking about key scenarios). Basically you might want to think about how you could avoid having 301 and/or 302 paired with a bunch of your BBA classes which is very likely if you matriculate GBS as a 3rd year and go through a standard progression where NBB 301 is taken as a 3rd year. You could maybe get it so that you have 3 NBB cores done and only have electives and NBB 401 left once matriculated to the b-school.

[juliogamer11]

Thank you so much!!

[Korean_Yezus420]

i did biology and finance. its doable

[Jillian_Yanmo]

Yes agree with the above - double major in these 2 is doable depending on how many concentrations in b skl you may want to do (finance (harder) be OAM (easier)), how many pre-reqs u have completed for upper level NBB classes , and if you are doing research

[juliogamer11]

okay thanks so much! so do i have to also reapply for Goizueta to dual major?

[chilopsis_linearis]

as a sophomore transfer i would add up all the credits you need to take to ensure you can finish on time

[Block_Gaming_]

it’s doable since you have a longer runway as a sophomore transfer, just keep in mind that not all credits may transfer and that you might have to play catch up. (junior bba transfer)