<p>Just a bit more info on a neuroscience major and the curriculum:</p>
<p>a neuroscience major is offered at quite a few more universities than the ones that wombat mentions above. Often, the concentration in a curriculum leading to a neuroscience degree will be classified as either more “behavior-based” (ie more psych courses) or more “cellular-based” (more emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience). </p>
<p>Barnard, for example offers a Neuroscience and Behavior major, with a choice of concentrations in either Behavior or Cellular Neuroscience. Or you can do both. And it has the added advantage of the fact that you graduate with your Bachelor’s degree, having completed original research and written a thesis on that. Very unusual for an undergrad experience in the relatively “new” field of neuroscience. And quite the “hook” when applying to those fully funded PhD programs!</p>
<p>To answer the OP’s question, though, neuroscience is of course a “legitimate” major and Columbia’s approach of taking courses from the Psych and Bio depts. is pretty typical of many undergrad offerings.</p>