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Neuroscience is a rapidly expanding multidisciplinary field devoted to understanding the complex functioning of the nervous system.  Neuroscience attempts to understand the neural substrates of both normal and abnormal patterns of behavior as well as mental events and mental states. 

The Neuroscience major is designed for students interested in exploring how the nervous system contributes to thought, emotion, neuropathology, and behavior.  This major integrates the multidisciplinary nature of the field by providing students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of brain function, behavior, and the mind. 

The courses in the neuroscience curriculum are selected from an array of disciplines.  The following areas of study contribute to the interdisciplinary perspective of the major:  biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, exercise and sports science, philosophy, psychology, and physics.

Neuroscience majors will graduate with a Bachelor of Science that will prepare them for a career in government, industry, biomedical and medical settings or some combination of these.  Neuroscience majors often pursue graduate work (at the M.A. or Ph.D. level) in behavioral neuroscience, biology, biochemistry, cognitive science, experimental psychology, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, toxicology, or medicine (e.g. M.D., D.O., D.P.M., M.D./Ph.D., D.V.M., Pharm.D., D.D.S., O.D., etc.).  More recently, graduates with a B.S. in Neuroscience have found career paths in the field of human factors, academic research, pharmaceutical research, and with government agencies.