Program Overview

The neuroscience major provides students with rigorous preparation for graduate studies and research. The brain and determinants of behavior are studied at all levels, from biological molecules to individual nerve cells to functioning organisms to social behavior.

Research lab work
Department
  • Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Program Type
  • Major
Area of Focus
  • Science & Math

Requirements

Please view the requirements for the major here. For transfers, please note that this is a screening major with additional requirements.

Career Outcomes

  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical research
  • Cell biology
  • Child development
  • Government research
  • Medical technology
  • Medicine
  • Mental health
  • Optometry
  • Physiology
  • Psychology/Psychotherapy
  • Teaching

These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities.

Program Contact

apartment Sinsheimer Labs, 225

email mcdadvising@ucsc.edu

phone (831) 459-4986

Professors and students in a lab
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Program Keywords
  • Brain
  • Neurobiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Premed
  • Behavioral Neuroscience