Amherst College
Neuroscience Program
Contact:
Stephen A. George
Chair, Neuroscience Program
Biology Department
Amherst College
Amherst MA 01002-5000
Telephone: (413) 542-2477
FAX: (413) 542-7955
E-Mail: sageorge@amherst.edu
WWW: www.amherst.edu/~neuro
Program Established: 1973
Total Number of Faculty at Institution: 177 (full-time; whole institution)
Total Number of Students at Institution: 1640 (whole institution)
US Citizens: 93.1%
Female: 48%
U.S. Underrepresented Minorities: 16.1%
Alaskan or American Indian: 0.5%
Native American, Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Black: 9.4%
Hispanic: 6.4%
Degree Offered: A. B.
Program Description: Our program combines strong basic sciences (mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, and psychology) with specific neuroscience courses such as Introduction to Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology, Psychobiology of Abnormal Behavior, Developmental Psychobiology, and Hormones and Behavior. We offer many research opportunities culminating in a senior honors thesis in areas including visual system plasticity, neuronal excitability, animal models of schizophrenia, and neural mechanisms of feeding behavior.
Admission requirements: Amherst College does not have specific course requirements for admission, but looks for applicants with the "intellectual talent, mental discipline and imagination that will allow them most fully to benefit from the curriculum and contribute to the life of the college and society."
How or Where to Apply for Admission: http://www.amherst.edu/admission/apply.html
Annual tuition and fees (including room and board): Comprehensive fee (includes tuition, room, and board): $40,908
Housing Availability and Costs per Year: Provided to all students and included in the comprehensive fee (see above)
Financial Assistance Availability: Amherst College admits all students without regard to financial need, and meets the full demonstrated need of all students admitted
How, if Necessary, to Apply: IInformation and forms are available at the Amherst College Financial Aid web page, http://www.amherst.edu/~finaid/
Last revised November, 2005
http://www.andp.org/programs/undergraduate/unitedstates/massachu/amherst.htm
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