Undergraduate Neurobiology Major

Welcome to the home page of UCI's undergraduate major in neurobiology. This major has been approved by the faculty of UCI and began in the Fall of 2000 with a class of 30 students.

The neurobiology major brings together an elite group of students who are interested in the nervous system and who have already mastered many of the basic concepts in biology. It will give them a chance to learn how neurobiologists use cellular, molecular, systems and behavioral analyses to improve our understanding of how the nervous system works. It will also help the students to develop their analytical and reasoning skills by exposing them, in depth, to the complex but fundamental research issues of experimental design and data interpretation. In the process, it is hoped that the students will form a community of scholars and that the major will facilitate their intellectual interactions with the neuroscience faculty.

The major's hallmark is a year-long exploration of the intellectual tools that neuroscientists use to create, advance and disseminate knowledge about the nervous system ( Bio Sci N112 A-B-C: Neuroscience Fundamentals). Admission to this course will be limited to neurobiology majors, and admission to the major will be limited each year to about 30 biology majors who are entering their junior or senior years with strong academic track records. Such students should be ready to benefit from a deeper look at how professional neurobiologists go about their work.

For requirements for the neurobiology major, visit http://www.bio.uci.edu/students/StudentAffairs/majors/neuro.html.

Neurobiology majors will receive preference for enrolling in neuroscience satellites and will receive announcements of all neuroscience-related seminars and colloquia on campus. They will also be given the opportunity to develop a forum for hosting speakers of their choice, for getting to know each other, for finding out about neuroscience research opportunities, for exchanging information about graduate or professional schools, for practicing presentations, etc.

If you want to find out more about the Neurobiology Major at UCI, please talk to the Bio Sci Counselors (in the Bio Sci Student Affairs Office, 231 Steinhaus Hall, 824-5318) or talk to one of the following members of the Neurobiology Major Adivsory Board:

Dr. Wood (Chair of the Advisory Board - 106 Bonney Research Lab, mwood@uci.edu)

Dr. Busciglio (2213 McGaugh Hall, jbuscigl@uci.edu)

Dr. Parker (1217 McGaugh Hall, iparker@uci.edu)

Dr. Sumikawa (1244 McGaugh Hall, ksumikaw@uci.edu)

Mrs. Dabiri (2205 McGaugh Hall, sfdaibiri@uci.edu)


Apply to the Neurobiology Major at UCI

Online registration will be open starting May 22nd through July 31st.
Visit http://neurobiology.uci.edu/neuroapp/napp.cfm to apply.


For more information about the neurosciences, visit the sites below:
Undergraduate Research 199 Program: http://www.bio.uci.edu/students/research/content_standards.html
Neuroscience Careers: http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=publicResources&redirect=ResourceLink.cfm&subcat_id=93
What is Neuroscience? http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=whatIsNeuroscience§ion=aboutNeuroscience