Neuroscience as a "behavioral science"?

[khrisskhoras]

Does anyone know from experience if medical schools accept a neuroscience course as "behavioral science"? I took a neuro class, but it isn't listed as a psychology course at my school so thats why im asking.

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[bigdogrob4284]

I don't think it will count as behavioral science if it is taught by the biology department.

 

[talinnlove]

Does anyone know from experience if medical schools accept a neuroscience course as "behavioral science"? I took a neuro class, but it isn't listed as a psychology course at my school so thats why im asking.

AAMC classifies "Behavioral Science" as anthropology, economics, family studies, psychology, or sociology; it lists neuroscience as a biology discipline. Neuroscience is a BCPM, so I doubt it will count toward your behavioral science distribution.

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/

 

[pepes1lv1a]

Ugh. Newp, trust me, I tried.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

Depends on the neuro class. If it has "behavioral" in the name (which a lot of neuro classes do) then you could probably slip it through AMCAS as a BESS course. If it's crosslisted with psych/anthro/socio/economics/polsci you could do the same thing. If it's straight-up neurobiology though then there's no way you're classifying that as anything other than BCPM.

 

[The Bunk]

At my school we have an interdepartmental "Neuroscience and Behavior" major that's half bio and half psych courses. Classes like Neurobiology are in the bio department and Behavioral Neuroscience is psych. So . . . I guess it depends on what your school says the class is.

 

[SixStringPsych]

Depends on the neuro class. If it has "behavioral" in the name (which a lot of neuro classes do) then you could probably slip it through AMCAS as a BESS course. If it's crosslisted with psych/anthro/socio/economics/polsci you could do the same thing. If it's straight-up neurobiology though then there's no way you're classifying that as anything other than BCPM.

This.

I did it for a Behavioral Neuro course and AMCAS didn't change it.

 

[TheBossDoctor]

Just classify it as "behavioral science". Worst case...they'll just change it to bio. But you may get a not-so-strict reviewer who might let it go. Put the burden on AMCAS to change it.

 

[khrisskhoras]

AAMC classifies "Behavioral Science" as anthropology, economics, family studies, psychology, or sociology; it lists neuroscience as a biology discipline. Neuroscience is a BCPM, so I doubt it will count toward your behavioral science distribution.

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/

So econ is a behavioral science? I guess I need not worry then, since I have 2 semesters of econ under my belt. But Penn State requires behavioral science and doesn't list econ as an example.

 

[bear2roo]

So I put behavioral neuroscience as a BCPM.....that's not going to cause any delays to my application will it?

It was like an Intro to Neurobiology class.....all biology related but in PSYCH department.

 

[TriagePreMed]

A trending problem with psychologists trying to legitimize their field by calling themselves neuroscientists.