Can I do a STEM Masters with an English Lit Degree?

You could do a conversion masters in psychology potentially. "Neurochemistry" is most certainly not going to be an option though (it's not even a degree programme I'm aware of - neuroscience or chemistry would likely not be an option, nor would various pharmacology areas).
Unless you have a concrete reason for doing the course though I can't see a benefit in it though anyway. STEM graduates are not help in "better esteem" than humanities grads either - in fact research has found STEM and non-STEM graduates in the UK have equivalent career outcomes within 10 years of graduation.
This seems like pointless whataboutism that isn't going to actually help your career and you don't have a clear goal or reason for doing it (and "prestige" is a terrible stupid reason to do anything, frankly).

Hey there,

I really appreciate your response. Would you be able to point me in the direction of this research into graduate outcomes? (I'm not fact-checking you, I'm just interested in the read). I have lots of friends in STEM fields and there's just something shiny about the prospect of studying STEM. As regards to my 'reason', I suppose it is ill-defined, I just really enjoyed the extent to which my linguistics module crossed into STEM territory and I think there's something good in persuing that methodology.

I take your point though, it isn't a concrete reason.


Thanks again for the reply,
Jed.

Hi everybody,
I've got plans to continue down the academic path after I take some years out to gain work experience.
I've had a prolonged interest in psychological topics, and I have this idea to study the relationship between personal health and extremism in my own further education. I will be graduating with a BA in English Literature this summer, so to approach such a topic would require retraining in psychology or something of that nature, which I inquired about on this forum days ago.
However, I have recently been considoring different approaches, and I wondered if there were more scientific approaches to studying mental health in this manner. To throw around some ideas, perhaps neurochemistry? To be clear, I value the humanities greatly, but I also believe that this manner of learning has some limitations. I have a yearning for the rigors of a scientific approach, and I will admit my favourite module of my degree was linguistics- which involved scientific writing and researching 'real' aspects of language. To be honest- at the risk of sounding superficial - I am also drawn to the higher esteem which STEM graduates are afforded, and that is definitely a factor in my motivation for asking this. I don't see that as a bad motivation when coupled with the fact I think a STEM 'approach' would allow me to research and present data in an 'exacting' way that I want to. I also just want to know how to think in these ways and present research following the more rigorous methodology of a science subject. So my question is, can I manage to steer into a STEM conversion course with a humanities degree? Does anyone have any pointers?
My A-levels were in English, Geography and Product Design, I am prepared to take new ones to evidence commitment and cover the basics.

Hi Jed4, 👋
We offer various MAs that are interdisciplinary in this approach. For instance, our Cognitive Studies MA, while still in the humanities faculty, provides you with an opportunity to explore the cutting edge field of cognitive science, where philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics and anthropology come together to discover how the mind works.
This course would require you to have an undergraduate in an arts and humanities or social sciences subject, which you will have!
Here is the link to the course webpage.
Let me know if you have any specific questions!
All best wishes,
Phoebe 😀
Student Ambassador - PhD in English Literature