B.S. in Neuroscience

Northern Kentucky University

Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary science that allows you to develop and test new drugs and therapies to improve brain function, analyze the connections between genetics and brain activity, study the impact of immune challenges on brain health, work at the intersection of human and artificial intelligence, or apply neuroscience principles to address important societal problems such as mental health, crime, political divisions and more. Our Neuroscience program emphasizes hands-on learning in state-of-the-art laboratories that prepares graduates for high-paying jobs, graduate school or professional school. Students choose one of three tracks: Cognitive, Social or Computational Neuroscience. The bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience will allow students to gain a rich, transdisciplinary understanding of how behavior and cognition can be explained from a biological perspective and gain familiarity with the computational tools used to analyze complex behavioral data. This understanding will include considerations of nervous system function that range from the genetic to the computational to the philosophical. Academic departments participating in this program include: Biological Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry Computer Science Mathematics & Statistics, Psychological Science and Sociology, Anthropology & Philosophy. Students in the neuroscience major will engage in educational and experiential learning activities that will prepare them for careers in many fieldsbiomedical research, health professions, psychological science, counseling/social work and computational neuroscience. Students may select pathways that prepare them for job placement immediately upon graduation or graduate/professional studies in neuroscience or one of the disciplines included in the neuroscience major.

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