<p>I've been trying to find a source for definite rankings for undergraduate neuroscience programs, but haven't had much luck. Can anyone provide a link or just list schools which are very notable in the field? Help is much appreciated.</p>
<p>Among privates: Duke, MIT, Harvard, Emory, and Washington University come straight to my mind in terms of strong undergraduate programs that have a solid course variety. Also, you won’t find rankings for UG depts. outside of business and engineering schools. I only know about Emory’s so I can give you the link to the NBB website and a link to this semester’s course offerings (which were extraordinarily strong). It’s also an interdisciplinary major so the course offerings will only list courses that are actually NBB and does not include psyche, biology, or anthropology courses which are a part of the major.</p>
<p>Website: <a href=“http://www.nbb.emory.edu/”>http://www.nbb.emory.edu/</a>
Spring Courses: <a href=“http://www.nbb.emory.edu/current/courses/documents/NBBCourseDescriptionsSpring2014.pdf”>http://www.nbb.emory.edu/current/courses/documents/NBBCourseDescriptionsSpring2014.pdf</a>
Possible electives (includes non-NBB courses that are on the brain): <a href=“http://www.nbb.emory.edu/current/courses/electives.html”>http://www.nbb.emory.edu/current/courses/electives.html</a></p>
<p>It’s kind of rigorous because of the amount of credit hours and reqs. associated with it (like 2 calc. courses, one statistical inference course, 2 intro. physics courses, 2 intro. biology courses, 2 intro. chem courses, 4 cores, and 8 electives, as opposed to the five it used to be), but the course offerings are generally excellent, especially many of the special topics, the senior seminars, and many of those in the psyche dept.
I like these as well:
WashU’s: <a href=“http://wubio.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major/neuroscience-track”>http://wubio.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major/neuroscience-track</a>
Duke: <a href=“http://dibs.duke.edu/education/undergraduate-neuroscience/academics/majorminor/major-and-minor-academic-plans-for-students-matriculating-in-2013-and-forward/b-s-major-requirements-for-students-matriculating-in-2013-and-forward/”>http://dibs.duke.edu/education/undergraduate-neuroscience/academics/majorminor/major-and-minor-academic-plans-for-students-matriculating-in-2013-and-forward/b-s-major-requirements-for-students-matriculating-in-2013-and-forward/</a></p>
<p>I think Emory’s is one of the most well-known (and certainly one of the largest) though, and appears slightly more interdisciplinary or intensive requirement wise than many. One issue about WashU’s though, is that it is restrictive (you need to apply and must have a 3.5) and I don’t blame them, but your chances of getting it goes down. However, there is another track for you to do if you don’t get that one: <a href=“https://pnp.artsci.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major”>https://pnp.artsci.wustl.edu/undergraduate/major</a> . This looks good!</p>
<p>Thanks for the help @bernie12 ! Do you happen to know reputable programs among LACs and/or public schools as well?</p>
<p>I’m not sure, but I can maybe look around. </p>
<p>I think Pomona has a good program if I am remembering correctly.</p>
<p>Also to add to what @bernie12 said, Brown usually scores high among the rankings.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University !!!
New York University !</p>
<p>Tufts has a program. One of my friends is in it and he seems to like it. New England is not for everyone though!</p>