<p>Is it rare for liberal arts colleges to offer cognitive science as a minor or a major? I'm excited that Swarthmore has it, but does anyone know of any others? Is it rare?</p>
<p>Vassar and Occidental College.</p>
<p>If you're willing to look into LAC-like universities, I think Rice has a cog sci major. Check it out!</p>
<p>Indeed Swarthmore, because of its Linguistics Dept., offers a cognitive science minor (also open to Haverford and Bryn Mawr students).</p>
<p>While it is not exactly the same (I think, but I'm sure others know more about this than I do), neuroscience is very close. Amherst, Haverford, Pomona, Williams, and Wesleyan also have really strong neuroscience programs.</p>
<p>Carleton also has a cognitive science minor. Oberlin has a good neuroscience program as well.</p>
<p>Colorado College has a neuroscience major, which has existed for quite some time:
Neuroscience</a> main page</p>
<p>Pomona has a combined Linguistics and Cognitive Science major, with a specific Cog Sci track within the major:</p>
<p>It also has a neuroscience major, as mentioned above:</p>
<p>[</a> pomona college neuroscience department - INFO ]</p>
<p>Not exactly cognitive science, but Franklin and Marshall has Scientific</a> & Philosophical Studies of Mind and [url=<a href="http://web1.fandm.edu/admission/explore/Neuroscience/%5DNeuroscience%5B/url">http://web1.fandm.edu/admission/explore/Neuroscience/]Neuroscience[/url</a>].</p>
<p>does Wellesley have it?</p>
<p>Amherst and Colgate both have a neuroscience major as I would think dozens of other LACs would have as well. Whatever the distinction between cognitive science and neuroscience may be, would think at the UG level would be relatively minor in comparison to other differences among the schools and if you stayed with it, would develop more specific specialization for grad school or the workplace that wouldn't be necessary yet in UG.</p>
<p>Oberlin has a cognitive science concentration: The</a> Cognitive Science Concentration at Oberlin College</p>
<p>undergrad textbook in the field. The college has a separate School of Cognitive Science that houses psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy of mind, etc.</p>
<p>It's worth checking out. As a Hampshire student, you will also have opportunities to take graduate classes at UMass-Amherst and other courses at Amherst, Smith, and Mt. Holyoke.</p>
<p>The College of Wooster recently launched a new program that might hold some interest for you. It is an interdisciplinary major. The Jr. and Sr. Independent Study projects will allow a lot of flexibility and/or concentration on specific areas of interest. </p>
<p>I second Hampshire--really strong cognitive science program.</p>
<p>What about public universities? Which ones have good neuroscience and/or cognitive science programs?</p>
<p>Vassar offers both Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. It's definitely somewhere you should look into if you'd like to attend a LAC with that "type" of major. In addition, if you liked Swarthmore, I would also highly recommend Vassar: they have a fair amount of similarities as well as a sizable amount of cross-applicants.</p>