Upon completion of the program, students will have achieved the following goals.

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

Goal 2: Utilize proficient scientific literacy and analytical skill to critically evaluate the scientific merit of original research and scientific dissemination by popular and social media.

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

To achieve the Program Goals, students will:

Demonstrate understanding of neuronal communication via resting potential, action potential, and neurotransmission.
Demonstrate understanding of the general organization of the brain.
Relate organization of the brain to cognitive processes such as visual processing, auditory processing, attention, and/or memory via an understanding of functional lateralization or hemispheric specialization.
Demonstrate understanding of typical and atypical cognitive and emotional processes and the pathological mechanisms underlying common diseases and/or disorders of the nervous system.
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.
Evaluate the appropriateness of the experimental design and the interpretation of the results.
Evaluate claims in mass media against what is known from the scientific literature.
Demonstrate effective writing skills.
Demonstrate effective oral communication skills.

Neuroscience BS

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