I am looking to go into college next year, and was wondering what exactly I should major and go on to do. It seems that neuroscience would be what I want right now, and then move into neuropsychology or neuropharmacology. Mainly I want to study drugs/medicines and their effects. A research psychologist also sounds quite good, but for that all I know is it is a mixture of psychology and biochemistry. I really don't know what else is out there so if anyone knows anything else along those lines or anything about those then if you could please help Thanks :cheers2:
I dont know what the system is like in america, but over here you dont have to know what youve going to end up majoring in when you start. so it is a good idea to choose a range of subjects that will allow you the option of doing the subjects you are interested in. however, you might find after your first year that some parts of college are more interesting or intuitive to you. Then, you can steer your degree in that direction. Sounds like you should tryt doing some chemistry (which will include organic chem), psychology, and perhaps some sort of biology. They happen to be subjects I did in first year, and I wanted to do something along the same lines as what you have proposed. I did not do biochem though, because the timetable sucked and because i did not like the structure of the chemistry courses. But i learned so much in the first year chem courses that it doesnt matter that i did not go on to do any further chem. you should have a look at the subjects offered at teh colleges that you are interested in. If you know what college you will go to, then just go and look at exactly what subjects they offer and what you would need to do in order to acheive a handful of the most interesting looking majors
thats true. i also know it can be really fucking hard and is usually an advanced degree. In addition to psychology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics i'd throw in a CS class or four. it would perhaps take some 6 years to complete this, chem general chem organic chem biochem biology intro course cell molecular anatomy/phys neuroanatomy psych general psych another 0-3 courses psychopharmacology physics university physics mechanics* quantum theory* math whatever you need to get into the classes* CS a beginner programming course or course series networking
Thanks guys especially framesh1ft for the classes. I found a list that is something along the lines of what I want: @ Framesh1ft: Is physics that necessary? I never thought of it having that many classes for a neuroscience major. And I believe it will take 6-8 years of college so yeah, I'm not worried about the time involved, only the money required worries me that much.
based on this quote from you; "Mainly I want to study drugs/medicines and their effects," i thought of toxicology. but that is mainly the negative effects of drugs/chems, so i dunno. if you go on to get your PhD in neurobio, you will probably get paid a stipend. i'm working on my PhD in biochem and i get paid $25,000 a year. good luck man.
Yeah I don't want to only study the bad effects of them haha. Mainly I want to study how they affect the brain and what actually changes inside the brain and how any drugs can be put to different uses other than just getting high off of, if possible.
why not study shamanism? I never really saw the point of college other than making social connections
you dont need to go to college right now, there is so much information available on the internet. in fact almost everything that ive been shown at university is available on the net, except for access to databases with journal articles and the like. if you are personally interested, just start learning it all now, and then you wil have a better idea of whether you want to study it at an institution
people go to college for grades . . everything I've ever learned I've learned on acid or on the internet. (That's a generalization, and a joke, kind of)
Well I wouldn't go to college if everyone thought like that, but unfortunately I can make much more money (Not that big of a deal, but it helps) and have access to more chemicals and more databases and have less legal issues dealing with research.
Most people go to uni/college to get qualification. but universities were invented by people who wanted to know the truth and wanted a place where they could come together for this purpose. This is still a valid reason to study, and it is my reason. To have access to information and then to gain an academic voice that has a chance of being heard. because anyone can find the truth within themselves. but the only way to know for sure is to then show someone else how to see this truth. There is so much room for change at the moment in the academic world. This is mostly because of the emphasis placed on performance in existing theories instead of achievement in new theories
