Life scientists have come to recognize that our understanding of how the brain, the "organ of con-sciousness", functions and endows human beings with the capacity to know, to feel, and to value, requires a multidisciplinary research effort. The Neuroscience Concentration introduces students to a field of science that has experienced an explosion of information and technological innovation. It provides students with a model for understanding how the conventional boundaries separating disciplines appearing to be incompatible can evaporate when new intellectual challenges confront us. In keeping with the liberal arts tradition, the concentration provides students with an opportunity to explore another dimension of our humanity -- the biological substrate of all our moral and mental faculties.
Requirements
The neuroscience concentration requires a minimum of six courses and involves two components:
Application Procedures
The Neuroscience Concentration is administrated by the Neuroscience Advisory Committee. (The faculty liaison is Dr. Julio Ramirez.) Students shall submit a written proposal to the Advisory Committee by the last day of the Spring Semester of the sophomore year. The proposal should specify the courses that will be used to satisfy the concentration requirements. If any of the courses are to be independent studies, research courses, or seminars, the student must provide the Advisory Committee with a complete description of that course before the semester of enrollment. Approval of the application shall be made by the Registrar upon recommendation of the Neuroscience Advisory Committee.