Program Information

Neuroscience is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field concerned with understanding the relationship between brain, mind, and behavior. The neuroscience program at Williams integrates the work of biologists, chemists, psychologists, computer scientists, and philosophers in an attempt to understand the workings of the brain.

Through both classroom work and direct involvement in faculty research programs, neuroscience students at Williams have the opportunity to explore issues that are both on the cutting edge of science and that have the potential to affect our lives. The neuroscience program emphasizes close faculty-student relationships. Students have the opportunity to participate in small seminars and courses, many of which have associated laboratories. Neuroscience students also have the opportunity to become collaborators in faculty research programs. Students in these settings are considered junior colleagues and often have the opportunity to design and carry out their own research and to share in the publication of these experiments. This combination of challenging classroom instruction and individual research opportunities prepares the neuroscience student for further education and careers in neuroscience and allied fields.

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