PhD/PsyD Biology Advice

[Mary M.]

Hey everyone! I'm a freshman just starting out in my school's Psych department, and I'm hoping to apply to PhD programs eventually. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the amount of bio that grad programs like to see. The only *required* bio course for the degree program is "any general biology course", which I have from high school AP exemptions, but would it be worth it to continue into actual Bio I, II, etc. anyway? Will Psychology graduate programs expect to see more biology than just a single general course? Thanks in advance!

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[wtfook]

Hey everyone! I'm a freshman just starting out in my school's Psych department, and I'm hoping to apply to PhD programs eventually. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the amount of bio that grad programs like to see. The only *required* bio course for the degree program is "any general biology course", which I have from high school AP exemptions, but would it be worth it to continue into actual Bio I, II, etc. anyway? Will Psychology graduate programs expect to see more biology than just a single general course? Thanks in advance!

Psychology graduate programs will generally not care if you have taken biology courses. The only exception would be if you were interested in neuroscience and neuropsychology research. In that case, you would want to look into a neuroscience major in undergrad and have classes involved with that major. Those classes will be more heavily science based and might coincide with other biology classes. Otherwise, psych grad programs mainly care about how you did in your psych classes.