So I have found that in terms of majors, that I am looking for a program that allows me to study the intersection between the mind and the brain. The Cognitive Neuroscience Major at Brown University is a perfect example of what I am referring to, however, even though I plan to apply ED to Brown next year, I was wondering if there were any other school with specific programs similar to this one? I have looked at the Neuroscience and Behavior Program as well as the Cognitive Science Program at Vassar, and those programs look interesting as well. Are there any others that come to mind? I am looking for school with more of a liberal setting, that have little to no general education requirements, and if at all possible, I would like to stay along the coasts. I know I have a lot of standards, but I’m just wondering if there are other programs at other colleges similar to the one I discussed.
Have you considered Hamilton College? It has similar things to the things you are looking for and does not have any general education requirements.
Northeastern offers Behavioral Neuroscience. It’s a newer major, still pretty small, but in a massive science department with lots of resources. Incredibly liberal, located in Boston, and the “gen ed” requirements are very easy to fill.
Smith, Hamilton and Amherst would offer similar academic flexibility to that which you would find at Brown.
@soccerfanatic678 Penn has a great cognitive science major.
http://web.sas.upenn.edu/cogsci/program/major/
Keep in mind however that even though both Brown and Penn are ivies, they are very different schools in many ways so keep in mind what kind of ebvironmt you are looking for.
It might not be coastal enough for you pending how you define that, but U Rochester has a Brain and Cognitive Science major that could be worth looking into. There are plenty of research options in house (coordinating worldwide at respected universities) and they have very little in general education requirements overall.
Ok I have looked into Hamilton, Amherst, Northeastern, Smith, Penn and URochester. I am really liking the programs at Hamilton, Amherst and Penn! I think I will add those to my list. Are there any other schools people suggest I look into?
Princeton
Tufts
Bates has a neuroscience major.
http://www.bates.edu/neuroscience/
Based on Brown’s description if the department, their coursework is similar to a cognitive science major in many places. You can also construct a combination of this by adding psychology, neuroscience and/or biology, and maybe some linguistics at a lot of other universities.
You might be interested in the neuroscience and behavioral biology major at Emory. Other places to check out are Northwestern, UVa, UPenn, Yale, Dartmouth (may be less heavy on the neuroscience than other programs), Case Western, Rice, USC (has a little less neuroscience emphasis as well), Tufts (ditto), Johns Hopkins, University of Richmond, Occidental College (ditto), Pomona, Lehigh, and Carnegie Mellon. There are more schools if you are more interested in the mix of computer science, psychology, and linguistics and want less emphasis on the neuroscience.
If your interests lie in the direction of cogsci + compsci, then RPI is another option
You may also want to add some less selective target schools to your list. This shouldn’t be hard since since many schools besides highly selective schools offer cognitive neuroscience as a major
I have a friend in the Cog Sci program at UC Berkeley who loves it
@shawnspencer Do you have any specific examples of less selective target schools that I could add to my list not previously listed? I’m open to all options that offer a program similar to that @Brown even if it’s not at a selective school…
Skidmore, Dickinson, and Mount Holyoke all offer a neuroscience major.
See the following link:
I don’t know if it’s an exhaustive list but it’s a pretty good start.
For those of us who are making suggestions, note that the OP identified himself as a male on another thread.