<p>As a neuroscience major, what type of careers can I look for after my schooling. I was thinking of majoring in neuroscience, then possibly applying for med school. Would neuroscience be a decent major if looking at med school or would it be like biomedical engineering in that it would screw up your GPA and ruin your chances of getting accepted. Also, say I just finished my major in neuroscience, are there any job opportunities out there for me without continuing on in research or looking to become a prof? </p>
<p>neurologist or neurosurgeon. Basically anything medical actually. Any major gets you into med school as long as you have pre med requirements. And all of the body as something to do with nerves. with a neuroscience major only though, research and prof is all i can think of</p>
<p>Hmmm…they now have a Neuroscience undergraduate major available? Nice. When I was in college such a thing didn’t exist, and there were only a handful of Neuroscience programs at the graduate level across the US. Because it encompasses a broad spectrum of disciplines (i.e. we had faculty from a few dozen departments at Ohio State) I would think an undergraduate major in Neuroscience would give you a foundation for any number of career paths. Once on the graduate level, though, you really have to choose a focus for your career: academia or industry. In other words, you will either teach at a university and do a large amount of research in an area that interests you, or you will work on an R&D team at a pharmaceutical company (as an example). The latter has always been more attractive for the greater short-term financial benefits (i.e. don’t have to wait to be tenured), while a professor can more or less be their own boss (as long as they are good at writing grant proposals to fund themselves :)).</p>
<p>By the way, disorders of the nervous system (i.e. Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS-“Lou Gehrig’s Disease”, etc.) is a very popular area of research for Neuroscientists, so if you do decide to pursue this field into graduate school your work could potentially lead to breakthroughs in not only prevention of these disorders, but cures as well. Hey, you never know where your research could lead :)</p>
or neurosurgeon. Basically anything medical actually. Any major gets you into med school as long as you have pre med requirements. And all of the body as something to do with nerves. with a neuroscience major only though, research and prof is all i can think of</p>