<p>I am interested in studying neuroscience and I really like Rice. When I looked at the website I saw neuroscience under interdepartmental majors. How do you work this out as you have to apply to one of the six areas? I am assuming it falls between natural sciences and social sciences, so do I just apply to one of these two?</p>
<p>I'm not that familiar with the neuroscience major, but for admission to Rice, it doesn't matter that much which division (natural science/social science/etc) you apply to (unless you apply to the school of architecture or music, which is a whole different story.) Once admitted, you can easily switch between various divisions (you talk to an adviser in the department you wish to major in, get him to sign something, assuming you aren't trying to do something ridiculous, ie take on an engineering major your senior year, it takes about half an hour).<br>
As to which division to put down, I'd try to decide which half you're more interested in and go with that, but, assuming you can indicate somewhere else on the application that you're interested in neuroscience specifically, it shouldn't be a big deal at all.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is not a Rice undergraduate (or graduate) major. The only neuroscience classes I know of that are open to undergrads are NEUR 511 and 512, which are actually classes taught through the Texas Medical Center designed for grad students in psychology, though undergrads can get permission to take them (see <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Eneurosci/Web_docs/How%20to%20enroll.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/Web_docs/How%20to%20enroll.pdf</a> ).</p>
<p>If you're interested in neuroscience and want to attend Rice, you can major in psychology/cognitive science, or if you're more biology-oriented, biological sciences/biochemistry and cell biology.</p>
<p>Thnaks for your help. I saw it listed under the cognitive sciences interdisciplinary major and thought it was its own major.</p>
<p>I have another question after more research. How is it for undergraduates taking the neuroscience courses at Baylor? Is it hard to get permission and is it awkward being in a class for graduate students?</p>