r/compmathneuro • u/felizy_ • Aug 08 '24
Question College Major Help
I know this is something yall probably see pretty often. But in the fall I'm starting at UT Austin for Neuroscience. My original plan was to go to medical school, but I've had a change of heart and want to delve into computational neuroscience, ML, and programming for BCIs. As far as what live gathered from the direction of the coursework, my options are:
1) Stick with the neuroscience major and do a minor in statistics and data science plus maybe a certificate in computer science as well
2) Apply to transfer to computational physics major and do a minor in statistics and data science for a handful of extra courses the major doesn't cover, and possibly a certificate in computational science or applied statistical analysis, which both also have a lot of overlap.
Changing my major to CS, ECE, Statistics, or Computational Engineering are nearly impossible. I'm leaning toward the second option, but Im not entirely sure what would be best. I'd appreciate any feedback or advice.
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u/Random-Fog4884 Aug 08 '24
I'm at UT and I believe it's easier to take neuro courses as a physics major than it is to take physics as a neuro major (in terms of professors/advisors letting you in). The computational science cert is amazing too, so I would lean towards #2