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Biological Sciences or Neuroscience?

im currently in yr 13 and i wanna do neuroscience but ik some uni's do biological sciences with neuroscience in it, but i don't get the difference and if it would take me the same route as a neuroscience degree would??

as well as that whats the diff with cognitive, human and behavioural neursocience :frown:

thank youuu
Original post by rrr.
im currently in yr 13 and i wanna do neuroscience but ik some uni's do biological sciences with neuroscience in it, but i don't get the difference and if it would take me the same route as a neuroscience degree would??

as well as that whats the diff with cognitive, human and behavioural neursocience :frown:

thank youuu

im not really sure, but i'd say a degree in biological science would be able to take you down different paths rather than just neuroscience paths, but you should still be able to neuroscience too.
Original post by rrr.
im currently in yr 13 and i wanna do neuroscience but ik some uni's do biological sciences with neuroscience in it, but i don't get the difference and if it would take me the same route as a neuroscience degree would??

as well as that whats the diff with cognitive, human and behavioural neursocience :frown:

thank youuu

Cognitive neuroscience-related courses focus more on studying brain functionality-you'd focus less on, say, looking down a microscope at brain cells and more on patient related things like neuroimaging, systems neuroscience (which part of the brain does what) and linking to psychology.

Biological neuroscience courses would be more broad in their scope, allowing you the opportunity to study modules in all sorts of other topics (e.g. cancer, microbiology), although at many universities you could essentially choose your optional modules to be identical to their neuroscience degree. I'm personally a fan of a more broader education, with neuroscience you could be putting all your eggs in a basket you may find in a few years you weren't that interested in.
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Original post by QuentinM
Cognitive neuroscience-related courses focus more on studying brain functionality-you'd focus less on, say, looking down a microscope at brain cells and more on patient related things like neuroimaging, systems neuroscience (which part of the brain does what) and linking to psychology.

Biological neuroscience courses would be more broad in their scope, allowing you the opportunity to study modules in all sorts of other topics (e.g. cancer, microbiology), although at many universities you could essentially choose your optional modules to be identical to their neuroscience degree. I'm personally a fan of a more broader education, with neuroscience you could be putting all your eggs in a basket you may find in a few years you weren't that interested in.

Ohhh that makes sm more sense, I think there are more opportunities to do a neuroscience degree and choosing something specialised in the modules I pick. Thanks sm !!!

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