Exploring the Mind’s Frontier
A neuroscience student is an individual passionately engaged in the interdisciplinary study of the nervous system, seeking to understand the intricacies of the brain and its role in shaping behavior, cognition, and overall human experience.
Students interested in neuroscience typically possess a unique blend of curiosity, analytical skills, and a deep interest in unraveling the mysteries of the brain.
The Neuroscience minor pairs exceptionally well with a major in Biology or Psychology, with a focus on research, with more options available at Bethel than at many schools of comparable or even larger size.
Hands-on Learning
Your liberal arts experience will equip you for the following:
- Reading and searching scholarly literature
- Analyzing data
- Computing
- Conducting independent research
- Writing about your discoveries
- A lab technician job, a health-related career, or a graduate degree.
Internships/Research
You’ll have a variety of research options in both cognitive neuroscience and neurobiology, as well as the opportunity to work in an internship that matches your interests. Bethel neuroscience students have worked internships at:
- Via Christi Medical Center, Wichita
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
- New York University
- University of Minnesota
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Outcomes
A Neuroscience Minor can open the door to a career as a laboratory technician in biology or psychology. With additional graduate or professional education, neuroscience studies lead to various careers.
Post-graduate careers include:
- Research
- Teaching in biology, psychology or neuroscience
- Many different health and mental health professions
- Clinical neuropsychology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Psychiatry
- Health psychology
Coursework
The courses in neuropsychology, as well as biopsychology and health, are often not present in other undergraduate curricula. They introduce psychological aspects of neuroscience and integrate them with health and mental health issues.
