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Degree Requirements. Suggested Course Sequencing. Research First Program. Our Faculty. Our Neuroscience Program is Fast-paced and Flexible We combine an in-depth study of psychology and neuroscience with courses in biology and biochemistry to make your degree stand out to employers and graduate schools alike. Discover Your Degree Pathway Tailor your degree to your interests and career goals by pursuing a related program, like biology , biochemistry , medical technology , or psychology.
Master your degree requirements , from genetics to the science of emotion. Gain Hands-On Research Experience As an LVC neuroscience major, you'll choose upper-level courses based on your interests in both psychology and biology.
With support from faculty advisors, neuroscience majors have pursued collaborative research projects on: Cell cycle regulation in astrocytes How iron deficiency alters serotonin, dopamine, and adenosine signaling in animals Changes in neuroblastoma cell signaling in response to retinoic acid exposure How omega-3 fatty acid deficiency affects mammalian spatial learning and anxiety And more!
Get Internship Experience You can also gain experience as a bench scientist or medical researcher with our for-credit internship program. Work in our state-of-the-art facility, the Neidig-Garber Science Center , complete with animal behavior labs, a biotechnology suite, and advanced instrumentation. Conduct research with faculty who specialize in areas such as behavioral neuroscience, psychobiology, and mammalian anatomy.
Receive extensive support for the pre-medicine or health professions track. Apply to our Research First program for incoming freshmen, which pairs newly admitted students with faculty-led research teams.
Join a student-faculty research project , design one of your own, or test-drive your career with an internship. What You Can Do with a Neuroscience Degree Our undergraduate program in neuroscience prepares you for a multitude of careers and scientific pathways. Although it is certainly not how I had imagined research, it has been an incredibly meaningful experience, since I have been able to see the functions and research throughout a mid-sized research lab at a more research-focused institution.
After exploring the impacts of bilingualism on executive functioning in my International Baccalaureate Extended Essay, my desire to learn about the biological basis of behavior only grew. Neuroscience seemed to be the perfect interdisciplinary mix of my interests, so going into college I was excited to finally have the opportunity to explore this field in earnest. The best part of the Neuroscience Department is the talented, dedicated and accessible faculty—likely a feature universal at Pomona.
The major itself is very flexible and includes courses from many departments, giving you opportunities to explore neuroscience with a multi-faceted lens. Last semester, I took Introduction to Computational Neuroscience, which focused on mathematical modeling of neural activity and also tied into concepts I was learning about concurrently in physics and in Introduction to Neuroscience.
One of my favorite parts about being a neuroscience major are the seemingly limitless unanswered questions, and consequently, opportunities to conduct exciting and meaningful research. This summer project, coupled with a previous research experience at a behavioral neuroimmunology lab, sparked my current interest in the field of neuroimmunology, which I hope to pursue after graduation. The unknown had always bothered me. As a kid, I pestered my parents to explain everything from how traffic lights changed to how X-rays detected my broken arm.
While many of my questions had easily searchable answers, as I grew older, they became increasingly complicated. I soon began to deliberate why and how I wondered so much.
I wanted to know if I was the only one questioning these things and if so, why? What made my thought process unique and what shaped it to its current state? Questions of the mind and body became my primary concern as I overloaded my high school schedule with every science class I could. My exploration through the sciences led me to take a neuroscience elective in my junior year.
My teacher presented the field as one of the questions, rather than the concrete answers we had grown to expect from our previous science classes. From that first class I was hooked. I kept my options open when coming to Pomona, but after taking my first neuroscience course this past fall I knew it was what I wanted to major in.
The interdisciplinary nature of the field allows you to draw knowledge from biology, chemistry, psychology, and even philosophy and apply it to the human brain. The bounds of neuroscience are seemingly limitless as everyday new questions are being asked about human nature and behavior. Now, rather than bother me, the unknown motivates me.
I never anticipated that I would take my first neuroscience class online, or that I would be confident enough in my own passion to declare my major after only a semester. However, the Neuroscience Department at Pomona made online learning such an engaging, collaborative, and enjoyable experience that after just a few weeks of class I was convinced.
I felt incredibly supported by the department in both class and lab and found an amazing community in my peers. I am really excited for my future in the major and I know that this next semester will be great. Using hippocampal gene expression data from the study we focused on MAT2A's relative expression in patients with varying numbers of TBI.
Utilizing gene expression data is integral to better understanding the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia as well as the debilitating long-term effects of TBI. While we were unable to be in lab due to the nature of this semester, we were still able to learn and practice valuable data analysis and lab report writing skills.
Skip to main content. Why I Majored in Neuroscience. One more thing: Also, when you declare neuroscience, you also receive a really cute mug! Contact Us. Chris Schabow. Academic Coordinator for Neuroscience and Molecular Biology.
Seaver Biology. Neuroscience has become a buzz word in recent times, frequently making the headline for all manner of discoveries. The buzz is justified. Unlike most major fields of science, neuroscience was pretty much just a baby as little as two decades.
Not now though, there are literally a whole slew of research breakthroughs happening each year, which makes neuroscience a seriously hot topic. The human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. We have around billion nerve cells, or neurons our brain, which is more than all the stars in our galaxy. If each of those neurons were laid end to end, they could be wrapped around the Earth twice over.
This gives rise to a staggering trillion or more nerve connections. Even though computer intelligence is rising rapidly, it still pales in comparison to complexity of our grey matter. At a philosophical level, it even holds promise for figuring out the nature of existence and life itself. As far as answering big questions goes, neuroscience is the mother of all sciences.
Just in a whole slew of advances were made. Unlike other industries, there is a progressive culture of worldwide collaborations and even open source approaches like the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Neuroscience is providing a role model for scientific discovery. At the other end of the spectrum are institutes like DARPA , who are investing heavily into neuroscience to develop emergent technologies for use by the military. In the global neuroscience market size was valued at USD This is mirrored by a rapid rise in total neuroscience research, with China becoming a major player pressuring the US into an arms race of the brain.
Even neuroscience technologies that have been around for years are seriously sophisticated. Then venturing into almost Borg-like technologies are direct connections between the brain and machines — known as brain-computer interfaces BCIs.
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