For Prospective Majors
Overview of Neuroscience Major
Neuroscience is a broad, multidisciplinary field concerned with the nervous system, its components, and functional activities. How do nerve cells function and develop, and how do they communicate? How do brains work, and how have they evolved? What is the nature of consciousness and the neural basis for behaviors and for human brain dysfunction? These are among the many questions being answered by contemporary neuroscience.
Neuroscience at Trinity involves faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Philosophy, and Psychology. A major in neuroscience can lead to a career in scientific research, a health profession, education, business, law, or government. The Trinity major also prepares students for further study in graduate school and medical school.
Course Requirements
All students are required to take:
- CHEM 111, 112
- BIOL 182, 183
- PSYC 261
- NESC 201
- One math course
- Five electives in neuroscience
- NESC 388
- Eight lab experiences
Structure of Neuroscience Major
The major is designed to give students a fundamental grounding in the sciences and the flexibility to direct their studies toward cellular/molecular, systems/behavioral, or cognitive/clinical aspects of neuroscience.
Research
Students are encouraged to take advantage of research opportunities in our state-of-the-art laboratories on campus or at the nearby Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford Hospital, the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, and UConn Health.
Suggested Four-Year Course Enrollment
First Year—Fall
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First Year—Spring
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Second Year—Fall
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Second Year—Spring
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Third Year—Fall
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Third Year—Spring
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Fourth Year—Fall
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Fourth Year—Spring
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