<p>And I know Rice offers Cognitive Science, but does it offer Neuroscience as well? And if I want to get a PhD in it, would I have to go elsewhere? Thanks in advance. :)</p>
<p>Rice currently does not have a neuroscience major. Some people were working on trying to get it as a minor, but I don’t know the current state of that. In addition there aren’t a ton of classes at Rice in neuroscience but you can take Baylor grad level classes. Cognitive sciences is not the same as neuroscience; neuroscience is one of the 5 or so aspects of cog sci along with linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and psychology. I don’t know about the PhD thing, but as for Rice, there is no undergrad major or minor.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is usually more focused on the physical and biological aspects of the mind while cognitive science is more related to the cognitive/thought aspect of the field. Both are very closely intertwined.</p>
<p>To get a PhD, you will need to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>i have to disagree. i am a cogsci sophomore at rice, and i am strongly considering pursuing a graduate degree in neuroscience. it is true that cognitive sciences at Rice is interdisciplinary and encompasses courses in psych, philosophy, linguistics, computer science, and neuroscience. However, beyond the introductory courses (which are really only one course in each of those areas), it’s up to you where to want to devote your time within the major of cogsci. In fact, you get to choose one of those 5 areas as your “concentration”, and mine is neuroscience. It’s also true that most of the neuroscience classes are offered through Baylor rather than Rice itself, but i dont think thats really a problem. There’s plenty of neuroscience and neuro-related research going on at Rice and in the medical center. I havent run into any problems (in fact, i like having the freedom that cogsci offers without being bound to physics, chem, etc). Most importantly, your undergrad degree doesn’t need to have the same name as your graduate degree. As long as you’re mindful of the courses you’re taking, you certainly dont need to major in Neuroscience to get a PhD in Neuroscience, and that’s definitely no reason not to come to Rice. Just take it into consideration, and if it’d really bother you do not major in neuroscience EXACTLY, maybe Rice isn’t the place. just don’t worry about majoring in cogsci messing up your plans for grad school. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Sorry, I originally misunderstood antarius. I don’t disagree, I merely clarify.</p>
<p>Thank-you! Just out of curiosity, are you doing Pre-Med too? And I thought that Rice has a department called “Neurosciences”? [Future</a> Owls](<a href=“Office of Admission | Rice University”>Office of Admission | Rice University)
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<p>Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary major.</p>
<p>Oh ok. Thank-you! :D</p>