In addition to courses in the Neuroscience Program, concentrators take courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology, and they may elect to carry out thesis projects under the supervision of professors in these departments. Students are also encouraged to take courses in Philosophy and generally to take advantage of the first-rate liberal education Colgate offers.
Students also have a wide variety of study-abroad options.
At the NIH, students participate in biomedical research, including neuroscience research, and take courses from scientists who are leaders in their field. For more information on the NIH study group and the Natural Science study group in Cardiff, Wales , please see Colgate's study group pages. On campus, there are opportunities to become involved in the research of faculty during the school year. Opportunities are also available during the summer to become part of a small but intellectually and socially active multidisciplinary community of students engaged full-time in research. Neuroscience students may compete for summer research stipends by submitting a research proposal to the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics after they have discussed it with the faculty member who will be supervising their project.