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Psychology > Undergraduate > Career Advising > Neuroscience<\/span><\/p>\n Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Applied Behavior Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n Neuroscience ><\/strong><\/p>\n Developmental Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n Clinical Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n Social Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n \n \u200b<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#333333″ text_font_size=”15px” link_text_color=”#0055aa” header_font_size=”24px” header_3_font=”Roboto Condensed||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#404040″ header_3_font_size=”28px” header_4_font=”Roboto Condensed||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#333333″ header_4_font_size=”19pt” header_5_font=”Roboto Condensed|700|||||||” header_5_text_color=”#333333″ header_5_font_size=”17px” custom_margin=”|-20px||-20px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Neuroscience is the study of how the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system and how it provides the basis for human behavior. The studies can be aimed at elucidation brain activity and mechanisms at many levels from the cellular to the systems level in both normal and damaged brains. Hence, neuroscientists can use a variety of experimental techniques, ranging from cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition, computational modeling, and other disciplines, to study brain-behavior relations.\u00a0 One major aim of current neuroscience research is to study how this wiring works and what happens when it\u2019s damaged to find new and better treatments and cures for neurological disorders.\u00a0 Neuroscience is a rapidly expanding discipline that has applications in a wide variety of careers from academia to medicine to the law.\u00a0 An undergraduate degree can prepare students to enter a number of graduate and professional programs in neuroscience, psychology, medicine and healthcare.\u00a0 In addition to academic and research-based careers, there is a wide variety of neuroscience specialties include:\u00a0 Brain-Computer Interfaces (the interface between man and machine), Neuroethics (the social, legal, and ethical consequences of advances in brain research), and Neuroeconomics (risk-taking and decision-making that influence business and the economy).<\/p>\n Neuroscience is a relatively new and exciting field and while it mainly brings together psychology and biology, it also draws on a variety of areas such as biochemistry and computational methods.\u00a0 If working on hard problems or dealing with complex information interests you then neuroscience could be a match. Alternatively, engaging in intensive study and research can help prepare one for a career in health-related fields.<\/p>\n About one-third of the full-time QC Psychology faculty are neuroscientists so the department has a very wide variety of relevant offerings from a large selection of neuroscience course offerings to many research opportunities in faculty labs that span all levels of neuroscience research.\u00a0 The gateway course is Behavioral Neuroscience (Psych 243) so it is where to begin your study in this area.<\/p>\n In addition to the offerings of the neuroscience cluster and being actively engages in neuroscience research, you should consider taking some basic biology and chemistry courses.\u00a0 Further, coding plays a central role in performing research in many areas of neuroscience so taking some basic coding courses will also help prepare you for gaining entrance to graduate programs.<\/p>\n Career opportunities in neuroscience vary depending on the level of your degree(s). 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Why should a student be interested in Neuroscience?<\/h4>\n
What does the QC psychology department have to offer regarding Neuroscience?<\/h4>\n
What comes next after taking the Neuroscience cluster?<\/h4>\n
What career opportunities are there in Neuroscience?<\/h4>\n
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Neuroscience Cluster Coursework<\/h4>\n
Valuable Resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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