Course overview
The neuroscience major and minor at Lycoming College are designed to enhance students’ understanding of the mind, brain, and nervous system. Working closely with their faculty, students can model human learning disorders using fruit flies, study reward and addiction, discover how dopamine is transmitted and how mouse neurons develop axons and dendrites to coordinate balance, or be led by your own research question! The program takes an interdisciplinary approach, allowing students to look at the nervous system from biological, philosophical, psychological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociological perspectives. Enriching coursework with intensive, hands-on lab experiences provides students with breadth and depth of knowledge in the fundamental structures and functions of the nervous system, including current neuroscience research. The collaborative community of distinguished faculty and engaged peers within the neuroscience program offers mentors, networking connections, and exciting opportunities within the field.
