<p>Hey from what I've been seeing, a lot of colleges have very different programs for Neuroscience.
Columbia's is just 5 psych classes and 5 bio classes, while BU's is psych, bio, some physics, some chem, some actual neuroscience classes.... </p>
<p>So I was wondering, on a general basis, what is a Neuroscience major like, exactly?</p>
<p>You see the doctors performing neurosurgery and the researchers doing cool brain scans on the MRI to determine the relationship between physical brain changes and emotions? You know the guys that go on the news?</p>
<p>You won’t be getting near that stuff.</p>
<p>I worked in a neurobio lab for my research project. It consisted of raising rats and flies, sectioning rat and fly brains, running IHC on those micrometer thick samples, taking a photo on the microscope and repeating. Most of the time is waiting for the antibodies to bind. Each step is far more annoying than it sounds. You’re reduced to an assembly line worker. at least assembly line workers know they are producing something of value. My project was a shameless money grab with no real possible results and the professor probably pocketed the difference.</p>
<p>Neuroscience programs will differ at different schools. There is a developing consensus on what coursework such programs should include.</p>
<p>Go to this link, [2008</a> Volume 6 Issue 2](<a href=“Home - JUNE | Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education”>Home - JUNE | Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education), and click on the link for the article, “Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: Blueprints for the 21st Century”. This will bring up a .pdf article detailing recommended coursework for neuroscience programs that are set up as major tracks in psychology depts, in biology depts, and as freestanding interdisciplinary neuroscience majors.</p>
<p>"You see the doctors performing neurosurgery and the researchers doing cool brain scans on the MRI to determine the relationship between physical brain changes and emotions? You know the guys that go on the news?</p>
<p>You won’t be getting near that stuff."</p>
<p>OP, I think what LTY is trying to tell you is that undergraduate interns don’t perform neurosurgery, and that you are unlikely to be interviewed on TV. If this was your expectation, I agree that you should look elsewhere.</p>
<p>But it is true that there are at least two very different tracks for a number of behavioral sciences that you will encounter in comparing schools - one that is more psychology based and one that involves more physics and chemistry. (BTW - nice article, zapfino)</p>