<p>last time i checked, stanford does not have a neuroscience program for undergrad, only a neuro option within psych and a neuro option within bio. I would reccomend a school with a full fledged program if not department for bette resources, more course options, and more professors specific to the field.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether Stanford offers a degree program in neuroscience, they certainly have ample departmental resources and a huge number of outstanding faculty members in neuroscience. I almost chose to go there for a PhD in neuroscience, and I think it's difficult to list too many schools with better neuroscience resources than Stanford has.</p>
<p>It's an outstanding place for a budding neuroscientist, and having a specialization rather than a degree will not restrict students from going to medical school or going into a neuroscience PhD program.</p>
<p>it may not be for undergrads. resources don't always translate into available resources. i'd recommend going to a place with an established program, if not department. </p>
<p>and you're right, it won't restrict for grad school, but i'm not talking about grad school.</p>
<p>I don't know about Brown's undergrad neuroscience program, but I do know that their grad program isn't highly rated at all...why all the love? What am I missing?</p>
<p>Brown is undergraduate-focussed. 'Nuff said.</p>
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They seem to at a place like Stanford.</p>
<p>Several of the neuroscience students in my PhD program were undergraduates at Stanford, and the lack of a neuroscience degree did not impact their ability to get research positions and take interesting classes as undergrads (or to get into a top neuroscience PhD program). I think it's a mistake to get hung up on which degrees are offered by a school and neglect the fact that at schools with outstanding departments, there are many resources available for undergraduates.</p>
<p>then that's great.</p>
<p>Thanks alot for the info! </p>
<p>Could you explain a bit more about the academic flexibility and what you mean by "tailor your course selection to your interests". </p>
<p>And are cellular and molecular neurobiology, and neuro/AI like sub-majors in the Brain nd Cognitive Sciences course? Do you have to specialise in a sub-area in this course? Or can you graduate with a general degree/major in neuroscience?</p>
<p>Oberlin. My friend's in love with that school and says everyone's into neuroscience.</p>
<p>you would have a degree in bio with a neuro track, or whatever they call it. this will not dictate future options, but will change your undergrad experience. </p>
<p>yes, oberlin is also very good, i looked there. vassar also has good neuro / biopsych, along wiht swat and tufts, penn has a fascinating biological basis of behavior major, and wustl has philosophy-neuro-psych (PNP)</p>
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Well, the department is pretty diverse -- there are researchers doing very molecular-type work on individual neurons, and there are investigators doing very high-level work on childhood learning. So the course selection available mirrors that wide range of research topics within the department, and the requirements for the major are very flexible -- instead of mandating that you take a certain set of courses, the department instead requires that you take a certain number of classes from a large list, so that you can pick and choose the courses that interest you.</p>
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No, they're not sub-majors, and you don't have to pick just one if you don't want to. Each BCS major has to take at least six classes from a list of core courses (listed here</a>). I took most of my classes in the "neuroscience" area rather than the "cognitive neuroscience" or "cognitive science" area. If you wanted, you could take classes equally from all three areas.</p>