When should scientific disciplines be capitalized?

Question

When writing motivation letters like SoP, or any other formal text, I don't know whether I have to capitalize sciences or areas of research.

For example:

I have been introduced to Neuroscience.
  I have been introduced to neuroscience.

Are there any criteria for capitalization?

JK2 · Answer

Never should scientific disciplines be capitalized.
Source: dictionaries

Are there any criteria for capitalization?

Just because it's a mass noun (or a non-count noun) doesn't mean you can freely capitalize it. Please don't confuse a mass noun with a proper noun, which should generally be capitalized.

Kris · Answer

When they are specific scientific disciplines. Words can also be used otherwise.
"This is not rocket science."
"I did not study Rocket Science."

When should scientific disciplines be capitalized?

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