Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary study of brain function. It examines the brain's complex and extensively networked anatomical structure, its global biochemistry, the subcellular processes of its individual cellular components, its evolution and development, and its typical and abnormal functioning. Neuroscientists also study the regulation and expression of behavior and the complex interactions of multiple neuronal systems that underlie the emergence of cognitive function.
The Neuroscience major at UTD is designed to prepare students for admission to graduate or medical school, or for careers in related biomedical research, biotechnology, medicine, dentistry, and other health science specialties. Required courses and guided electives are designed to coordinate with the approved pre-medical curriculum and offer an alternative to other traditional pre-medical majors. The multidisciplinary nature of the program provides students the opportunity to focus on the brain from a systems-level perspective, drawing on the behavioral and cognitive perspectives of psychology and the cellular and molecular perspectives of biology.
