Research

The behavioral neuroscience program provides a wide and extensive range of instruction and guidance in the domain of behavioral neuroscience. Graduate students are trained in:

1. theoretical and applied bases of empirical questions,
2. appropriate approaches to take in their research,
3. important factors in research design,
4. techniques for successful execution of experiments,
5. applications of various types of data analyses.

Additionally, students gain experience in supervision of undergraduate research assistants. Area research laboratories encourage group efforts, taking advantage of the contributions from an array of resources.

Career Goals

The behavioral neuroscience concentration is committed to training the next generation of behavioral neuroscientists in the areas of learning and memory, psychopharmacology, physiological psychology, neuroanatomy and neuroendocrinology.

Graduates are prepared for faculty positions as experimental psychologists in departments of psychology, at major research institutions and in industry.