Neuroscience
Major, Minor
PROGRAM: NEUROSCIENCE
With its focus on the relationships among brain function, cognitive processing and behavior, neuroscience is a truly interdisciplinary field, one that is ideal for studying in a liberal arts environment that promotes connections among disciplines.
As a neuroscience major at Union, you will begin your studies with a variety of core courses in several departments, including biology, computer science, philosophy and psychology. Then you will select one of three tracks for specialization:
- Bioscience: Focuses on the biological basis of neural development, function and plasticity
- Cognitive: Addresses how neural networks and brain mechanisms give rise to specific mental processes and behavior; or
- Computational: Emphasizes issues related to developing computational models of neuronal and mental processes.
Careers after Union
Associate editor, My Grove Media
Associate manager, biotech production, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Chief resident, NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia-Cornell Hospital
Clinical research coordinator, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Clinical research coordinator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Educator, Teach for America
Fellow, Vizient Inc.
Image reading center manager, Johns Hopkins University
Manager, Business Services, Northwell Direct
M.D. candidate, Tufts University School of Medicine
Optometrist, U.S. Air Force
Pain Medicine Fellow, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Physician assistant, cardiothoracic surgery, Atrium
Research specialist, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research technologist, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine