NEUROSCIENCE Neuroscience examines the bidirectional interrelations between the nervous system and behavior and includes perspectives from biology, psychology, chemistry, and philosophy.

The neuroscience program fosters an active, learning-by-doing approach, as students conduct meaningful and innovative research at several points in their academic career, beginning in laboratory sections as supplementation to classroom learning and culminat-ing with rigorous, independent research during the senior thesis. The neuroscience major at Bates provides an excellent foundation for a variety of post-graduate careers. After graduation, many of our students work in high-profile research laboratories around the country or continue their studies in doctorate programs in neuro-science, clinical psychology, pharmacology, and public health, in medical and veterinary schools, or in nurse practitioner and other nursing programs.

- Bates College Neuroscience Department

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Past Examples of How Neuroscience Majors have Employed Their Education Outside of Bates College

Neuroscience examines the bidirectional interrelations between the nervous system and behavior and includes perspectives from biology, psychology, chemistry, and philosophy.

The neuroscience program fosters an active, learning-by-doing approach, as students conduct meaningful and innovative research at several points in their academic career, beginning in laboratory sections as supplementation to classroom learning and culminat-ing with rigorous, independent research during the senior thesis. The neuroscience major at Bates provides an excellent foundation for a variety of post-graduate careers. After graduation, many of our students work in high-profile research laboratories around the country or continue their studies in doctorate programs in neuro-science, clinical psychology, pharmacology, and public health, in medical and veterinary schools, or in nurse practitioner and other nursing programs.

- Bates College Neuroscience Department

Internships• Research Assistant Intern, BU Visual Sciences Laboratory• Research Assistant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Student Intern, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center• Summer Intern, Pfizer• Cognitive Science Research Assistant, University of Maryland• Intern, Biotech Investment Analysis, Westfield Capital Management• Social Science/Neuroimaging Research Assistant, Stanford University School of Medicine

Graduate School • Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH and PhD• Yale School of Nursing, NP• Boston University School of Medicine and Mass. General Hospital, PhD Candidate Anatomy and Neurobiology• Vanderbilt School of Medicine, MD -- Radiology• MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA

Employment• Research Assistant, The Children’s Hospital• Program Coordinator, Environmental Health & Safety, Public Health Division, DHHS• Research Analyst, Oregon Health Authority, Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention• Associate Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit• Clinical Research Coordinator, Joslin Diabetes Center• Author• Application Tester, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation • Research Associate, MIT Age Lab• Senior Manager, Development Sciences, Genentech• Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

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