Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes for Majors/Minors
- The neuroscience major will be able to describe the structure and function of the brain at the sub-cellular and systems level of analysis, and explain how molecular and electrical activity in the nervous system contributes to sensation, movement, cognition, and some diseases of the nervous system
- The neuroscience major will be able to describe the structure and function of the brain at the behavioral level of analysis, and explain how synaptic and systems-level events contribute to our understanding of attention, learning, memory, drugs, drug abuse, and some behavioral/neurobiological disorders
- The neuroscience major will be able to conduct, interpret, and report the results of a research project using up-to-date sub-cellular and systems neuroscience techniques
- The neuroscience major will be able to conduct, interpret, and report the results of a research project using up-to-date behavioral neuroscience techniques.
- The neuroscience major will be able to read, understand, evaluate, and draw appropriate conclusions from the primary literature (i.e., journal articles) in sub-cellular and systems neuroscience
- The neuroscience major will be able to read, understand, evaluate, and draw appropriate conclusions from the primary literature (i.e., journal articles) in behavioral neuroscience
Student Learning Outcomes for non-major courses/service course
- The non-major student will be able to describe, at an introductory level, how the nervous system functions to produce animal and human behavior.
- The non-major student will be able to read and communicate the key findings of published scientific reports.