Neuroscience - Systems, Behavior and Plasticity

Overview

Students in the Neuroscience - Systems, Behavior and Plasticity program at Temple University achieve the following objectives:

• Build a core knowledge in specific areas of neuroscience, including behavioral, cellular, molecular, and systems.

• Develop a general professional competence in oral and written expression as well as in the critical analysis of research articles.

• Learn to understand, create, and undertake hypothesis-based approaches to research.

• Train in a variety of techniques and approaches to studying the nervous system.

• Develop a keen sense of analytical thinking and logic in the evaluation of their own work and that of others.

• Become effective teachers and communicators of neuroscience.

• Gain independence in thinking, teaching, laboratory work, and communicating.

Future Career

Because the brain is involved in every important human endeavor, understanding the brain and its functions opens career paths in multiple fields, including education, engineering, law, medicine, psychology, and public policy. Master’s-level education in neuroscience provides students with a wide range of career options, including:

• Clinical data manager
• Counselor
• Environmental health safety officer
• Medical or science writer
• Public health administrator
• Public policy strategist
• Regulatory affairs specialist