<p>What are the best schools for an undergraduate major in neuroscience?</p>
<p>There was a neurosurgeon on these boards that said Brown and Johns Hopkins (The legendary Dr. Ben Carson anyone?) had among the top neuroscience offerings in the country. </p>
<p>Other great programs are Harvard, Rockefeller U., UCSD, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, UCLA...</p>
<p>University Of Pittsburgh has a great neuroscience program</p>
<p>Impressive website rcalinjageman. It seems as though you really know what youre doing with website design. </p>
<p>For those of you interested in neuroscience, among the things you should consider about potential undergrad programs, is the availability of research experience as an undergrad. This is a great thing to ask the department administrators because they (magically, it seems) know where every undergrad in the department is working and what they are doing.</p>
<p>belevitt hits the nail on the head. If you are interested in neuroscience (or any science-related field, really, but especially neuroscience because of the interdisciplinary nature of it) you should do this:</p>
<p>-Refer to the list posted, or schools that people suggest to you. Also, do some searches for "neuroscience major" or similar.
-Go to the school's department website for the department that neuroscience program is hosted inside. Be aware that NS programs are often named something else, like "behavioral biology," "brain and behavior," "neural science," etc. Sometimes the neuroscience is a concentration within a psychology or biology program. Anyway, at the school's website, check out the course listings -- look at what looks interesting.
-Look up the professors. Most have their research interests listed. Do their research interests look interesting? Do they have a lab in which you could possibly work as an undergrad? (Most schools with professors conducting active research will have professors who will welcome the help from an RA). You don't have to fit too well -- save that for graduate school -- but it would be nice to be interested in what your professors are doing.
-Make sure you leave some wiggle room...there's a possibility you may change your major, of course.</p>