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The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBSC) offers a major in Neuroscience. The capstone for all Neuroscience majors is an intensive, senior research experience guided by a faculty member.
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the anatomy and physiology of neurons and neural circuits. The Neuroscience Program at 91短视频 is one of the first two established at undergraduate institutions in the U.S. It has a particularly strong focus on brain-behavior relationships. Its interdisciplinary faculty are drawn from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Department of Biology. Majors also take courses in the fields of chemistry, computer science, math, philosophy, and/or physics. The program offers students the opportunity to focus their research interests on a variety of levels of nervous system functioning, ranging from the activity of single neurons to the behavior of complex organisms.
Entry to the neuroscience concentration is through NEUR 170, Introduction to Neuroscience (offered every term). The curriculum is organized into three sets of courses, namely a common core set of courses and two sets of elective courses (molecular and cellular neuroscience and systems neuroscience), for a total of 11 courses. Upper-level courses range in topical foci, and many are cross-listed with PSYC.
Psychological Science
Please see the psychological science page for more information.