Outcomes
The neuroscience major provides students with a solid foundation for careers in many
fields from research to applied medical practice and beyond. For some, the next step
is the work force, while others will pursue graduate-level education, and others still
will take a gap year to prepare for whatever comes next.
Health Professional Programs
The major is designed to give you a broad view of the brain, and when you graduate you will have taken courses in biology, chemistry and psychology, many of which are pre-requisites for health professional programs. (If you know you want to follow a health career path, explore Washington's pre-health professions program, which works well with the neuroscience major,) Following graduation, many neuroscience students attend a post-baccalaureate program, giving them another year to study and gain more research and lab experience before taking the MCAT or applying for graduate school. The two common options for post-baccalaureate positions are: a one- to two-year-long clinical or technical research position or a certificate program, completing graduate-level coursework to fill in the gaps for prerequisites to health professions.
Career Pathways
Majoring in Neuroscience prepares you for a range of careers in different fields including, but not limited to:
- Drug Development
- Neurological Disease Athology, Prevention, and Treatment
- Psychopharmacology
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Legal Procedures and Advocacy
- Public Health
- Life Science Consulting
- Business
If you have a dream job in mind, but are not sure how to get there, we can help! If you are interesteed in a career like one of those listed below, the neuroscience major may be the one for you:
- Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Nurse Practitioners
- Pharmaceutical Sales
- Laboratory Technician
- Science Writer
- Nonprofit Work
- Forensic Science Technician
- Sales Engineer
- Medical Devices Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Neuromarketing
- Cognitive Computing
- Hospital Administration
Gage Mandrell '23
Associate Neurophysiologist at Globus Medical Inc.
MAJOR
- Neuroscience
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- Teacher’s Assistant, psychology department
- Animal Caretaker, psychology department
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Honor Board Chair
- Captain of Swim Team
- "I was looking for a job that got me hands-on patient experience, as well as bettered my understanding of neuroscience and neuroanatomy. Talking with people that went to other schools, I [could see] the opportunities I had at Washington College, the small classes, the impact you can have in a small college."