Background

Neuroscience emerged as a scientific discipline in the latter part of the 19^th century as microscopy advances finally allowed scientists to explore the fine structure of the nervous system. In the 1960s neuroscience acquired a strongly interdisciplinary flavor as a number of scientists realized that the complexity of the nervous system required multiple approaches. Today neuroscience attracts cell and molecular biologists, electyrophysiologists, psychologists, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, computer scientists, philosophers of mind, linguists, neuropsychologists, behavioral and cognitive neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, etc. Neuroscience remains strongly interdisciplinary.

At Carleton, the neuroscience concentration weaves courses from biology and psychology together to provide a strong foundation. We recognize the broad spectrum of topics that neuroscience touches in our choice of electives, which come from many departments including linguistics, philosophy, and music, as well as psychology and biology. Concentration students will have the opportunity at the end of their experience to interact with all relevant faculty and other students as a group in our capstone seminar, to apply what they learned in the concentration courses, and to discuss the more complex and exciting issues of neuroscience.

TO FIND OUT WHEN COURSES ARE OFFERED, CLICK ON ANY ONE BELOW AND IT WILL BRING YOU TO THE REGISTRAR'S NEUROSCIENCE PAGE. FROM THERE YOU CAN SEE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH CLASS AND WHEN IT IS OFFERED.

Required Concentration Courses:

There are 4 courses (together with the requisite labs, when specified) that are required as part of the concentration, including the capstone seminar. They are listed below: