专业介绍

Major Requirements

The scientific study of the brain requires the skills of many different disciplines. Thus, this major is interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. The faculty are biologists, psychologists, biochemists, mathematicians, and engineers, all of whom share a fascination with the function of the brain. The brain is studied at many different levels, including the molecular and cellular levels, the level of systems of neurons, and the behavioral level.

On April 7, 2009, the Undergraduate Council of the Academic Senate, Curriculum Committee certified the Neuroscience, B.S. as a capstone major. The Neuroscience capstone is a project-based culmination to the Neuroscience curriculum. In the Neuroscience major, the capstone requirement is satisfied by either participating in independent research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, through enrolling in a research laboratory course and an extra elective, or participating in neuroscience outreach via DOPA-Team or Project Brainstorm. Completion of one of these capstone options provides students with an in-depth exposure to neuroscience research and provides a culminating capstone experience for Neuroscience majors.