Goal 1: Understand core concepts in psychology, biology and/or chemistry as providing the basis for the scientific study of the nervous system and its relationship to behavior and mental processes.

Outcome 1: Demonstrate understanding of neuronal communication via action potential.

Outcome 2: Demonstrate understanding of the general organization of the brain.

Outcome 3: Relate organization of the brain to cognitive processes (such as visual processing, auditory processing, attention and/or memory) via an understanding of functional lateralization and/or hemispheric specialization.

Outcome 4: Demonstrate understanding of typical and atypical cognitive processes and the pathological mechanisms underlying common diseases and/or disorders of the nervous system.

Goal 2: Appreciate, from a liberal arts perspective, the role of the neuroscience perspective to inform issues within the larger cultural, social, historical and ethical framework.

Outcome 1: Demonstrate understanding of the strengths of the neuroscience approach in responding to societal, cultural and/or ethical issues such as substance use, poverty, criminal behavior, and/or therapeutic interventions.

Outcome 2: Demonstrate understanding of the weaknesses of the neuroscience approach in responding to societal, cultural and/or ethical issues such as substance use, poverty, criminal behavior, and/or therapeutic interventions.

Outcome 3: Demonstrate proficiency in reading papers in the primary literature by recognizing the research question being investigated and its significance, the hypothesis being tested, and the predictions from the hypothesis.

Outcome 4: Evaluate the appropriateness of the experimental design and the interpretation of the results.

Outcome 5: Evaluate claims in mass media against what is known from the scientific literature.

Goal 3: Demonstrate effective communication about neuroscience in both written and oral form.

Outcome 1: Demonstrate effective writing skills.

Outcome 2: Demonstrate effective oral communication skills.

Neuroscience Minor

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