Neuroscience is a unique,
interdisciplinary study of the development, organization, and function of the
nervous system and its relationship to behavior and cognition in human and
nonhuman animals. Because this requires an integration of knowledge from
multiple levels of analysis, the neuroscience major at Hendrix College offers
an interdisciplinary approach calling on methodologies from biology,
psychology, philosophy, chemistry, and computer science. Students are given
the tools they need to pursue the study of neuroscience including foundational
knowledge and the opportunity to pursue appropriate research experience in the
field. The flexibility in electives allows students to focus on their own
interests in biology, psychology, philosophy, and computer science, or even a
unique interdisciplinary specialization. Working closely with their advisors,
the neuroscience major prepares students with a competent interdisciplinary
undergraduate foundation for graduate studies in a variety of fields.