神经科学

神经系统科学家 examine the human brain and nervous system. 从生物学出发, 生物化学与心理学, 神经科学帮助我们理解大脑是如何工作的, how it can mal函数 and how brain and nervous system 函数s can change. The neuroscience curriculum is based in the National 神经科学 Curriculum Initiative, a collaboration between educators and neuroscientists that seeks to make core concepts in neuroscience available to a broader audience.

The neuroscience program has been designed to be cross-disciplinary, reflecting the cross-disciplinary field that neuroscience demands. 学科领域包括生物学, 化学与心理学, 哪些是理解神经科学的基础. You’ll gain a solid understanding of basic neuroanatomy and nervous system 函数 on a molecular, 细胞和系统级, and be able to describe the major areas of neuroscience with a clear understanding of the main research approaches. You’ll study the scientific process of hypothesis generation and testing as it relates to the field of neuroscience and be able to evaluate empirical research findings in terms of their theoretical basis, 设计和方法.

The neuroscience program is a collaboration between Tiffin University and RIZE Education. You’ll have the advantage of earning an education in a small, private university dedicated to high faculty-student contact, while also learning from national specialists in the field, 比如博士. David Ross, Associate Professor of Psychology, Yale University; Dr. Adriane dela Cruz, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern; Dr. 阿什利·沃克, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Residency Training Director at the University of 俄克拉何马州 School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, 俄克拉何马州.

Our undergraduate neuroscience program will provide you with a broad range of career options upon graduation. You’ll be qualified to work in jobs that offer a salary well above the national median. The program is also an ideal course of study for students who wish to pursue graduate studies in neuroscience itself, as well as those who wish to enter medical school – especially with an eye towards neurology, 神经外科医生和精神科护理.

B.S. 神经科学 program offers a comprehensive education in the foundations of neuroscience, preparing you for an exciting and growing field that is having a tremendous impact in the world of research, 生物技术与医学.

The brain is complex and opens up vast opportunities for research. There exist many opportunities to unravel the brain’s activities, which could help answer an almost endless number of mysteries surrounding how it works. 在生物层面上, there are questions to answer involving how clusters of brain cells firing across neural networks regulate the body’s systems and also produce complex behavior. 在心理层面上, scientists can study how the biological and chemical systems of the brain impact human behavior in a social structure. There exists a multitude of research options leading to potential better life for people.

Since 2010, neuroscience has grown to impact emergent technologies. 神经系统科学家, 研究大脑活动的人, are impacting how technologies are structured based on brain behavior. 例如, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on neuroscience research are allowing paralyzed patients to perform tasks such as turning thoughts into email or moving a hand to hold a loved one.

神经科学 represents a potential for curing diseases and supporting a higher quality of life, for people suffering from diseases related to the mind and central nervous system. 例如, 电子药物现在被用来调节神经信号, neuroregeneration is used in research to prevent diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, genomic sequencing is used to provide personalized solutions for neurologic disorders, and genome editing is used to prevent cognitive-related diseases.

Hands-on learning is an integral part of the neuroscience program. You’ll participate in a 150-hour internship working with medical providers or neuroscience researchers. 你将参与一个选定的科学研究项目, working under a professor who will help guide your research effort to solve a problem in neuroscience. And, you’ll learn academic scientific processes, which can be applied to neuroscience research.

Labs and a hands-on curriculum involve actual application of scientific processes, as you will:

• Use scientific software and interpret data from laboratory procedures.
• Actively practice communicating scientific information through lab reports.
• 分享通过点对点讨论学到的知识, 与该领域的人进行演讲和互动.
• Present research in the field learned from scientific journals to classmates.
• Have the opportunity to complete individually chosen research projects guided by professors to present to national conferences.

科学技术中心

Tiffin University’s newest building on campus is our Center for Science and Technology – also referred to as “the STEAM building.“在这里, 你将参与实验练习, using high-level instrumentation that is not used in other programs until graduate level coursework. Instrumentation includes GC-MS (Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry), HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography) and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infared Spectroscopy), “Bod Pod” (to analyze the impact of physical activity on the human body) and DNA Sequential Analyzer. You’ll also learn anatomy and physiology to the molecular and cellular level using the Anatomage Table, a six-foot horizontal computer and virtual autopsy machine using digitized human bodies dedicated to science. TU is one of the few schools in the nation to have access to such a machine.

课程

艺术学院核心课程 & 科学- 37hours

神经科学专业- 52hours

• BIO210普通生物学I和BIO210L实验室- 4hours
• BIO211普通生物学II与BIO211L实验室- 4hours
• BIO311 Human Anatomy and Physiology (w) and BIO311L Lab – 4 hours
• BIO312 Human Anatomy and Physiology (w) and BIO312L Lab – 4 hours
• BIO333遗传学和BIO333L实验室- 4hours
• CHM131一般化学I与CHM131L实验室- 4hours
• CHM132通用化学II与CHM132L实验室- 4hours
• CHM411生化和CHM411L实验室- 4hours
• NAT291药物 & 身体- 3hours
• NSC315 神经科学 I: 神经科学 Foundations (RIZE) – 3 hours
• 神经科学II:感知的生物学基础 & 运动(RIZE) - 3hours
• NSC335 神经科学 III: Cognitive 神经科学 (RIZE) – 3 hours
• NSC415 神经科学 IV: Clinical Neuropathology (RIZE) – 3 hours
• 心理学入门- 3hours
• PSY362变态心理学- 3hours
• SCS300研究设计- 3hours

总计 = 56 hours

理学士总学时127-135学时

This is a sample course sequence to illustrate course offerings for this major. Consult the official Academic 公告 for detailed registration and advising information.

样本的课程

神经科学I:神经科学基础(NSC 315) – Perception and movement are fundamentally driven by biological processes. This course provides students with an understanding of the various systems and organs that play a role in the human ability to perceive the world and move through it. It builds upon 神经科学 Fundamentals to allow students to understand the impact of core neuroscience concepts. 与RIZE联盟在线提供.

神经科学 II: Biological Basis of Perception and Movement (NSC 325) – This course introduces students to the field of neuroscience, explores the cellular and molecular basis ofneural systems, 并讨论了认知的神经基础. Students are expected to leverage their understanding of biology and chemistry to build a working knowledge of neuroscience fundamentals. 与RIZE联盟在线提供.

普通生物学(bio210) – This is the first half of a two-course sequence in intensive biology designed for students majoring in sciences. This course will introduce the principles and concepts of biology. Topics that will be covered in this course will include foundations in biology: chemical context of life; carbon and molecular diversity of life; energy transformations; the cell structure, signaling and metabolism; cell cycle; genetics of inheritance, 基因表达, development and evolution; patterns of evolution and the origin of species. 这门课有实验部分.

遗传学(BIO 333) – This course is an introduction to the concepts of genetics. The course will cover the basic fundamentals of genetics and their applications. It will cover the current principles of heredity including gene structure, 函数, 调控与基因转移. 其他领域将包括DNA技术, 基因组学, 遗传性疾病和群体遗传学, 数量遗传学, 进化遗传学. 本课程有一个必修的实验部分.

格式

在校园 – Offered in a 15-week semester format with start dates in January and August

Tiffin University’s undergraduate neuroscience program will provide you with a broad range of career options upon graduation – jobs that offer salaries well above the national median and are experiencing job growth anywhere between 160% and 210% of the national average, 根据美国劳工统计局的数据.

职业生涯

• 生物统计学家
• 临床心理学家
• 临床研究助理
• 法医科学家
• 基因顾问
• 健康教育家
• 实验室技术员
• 医疗技术人员
• 医疗技术销售
• 医学作家
• 神经学家
• Neuropscyhologist
• 药品销售
• 制药科学传播者
• 药学技术人员
• 医生的助手
• 精神病学家
• 心理计量学家
• 公共政策
• 研究助理
• 研究科学家