Neuroscience
Dalhousie University's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is the most distinguished in the Atlantic provinces, offering majors in both Neuroscience and Psychology with courses taught by award-winning faculty. Complete your undergraduate degree as a major, or consider completing an honours degree and/or earning one or more certificates if certain courses are taken as part of the program.
Your major map: Neuroscience
The Neuroscience Major Map highlights academic and co-curricular opportunities and provides an overview of how students can optimize their degree. Students are encouraged to connect with advising supports at Dalhousie and use the Academic Calendar and Timetable to create their course plan.
Where your degree can take you
A BSc degree in Neuroscience provides great preparation for a variety of careers. The skills and knowledge acquired through this program can be applied to, but are not limited to, career paths in:
Health services, biomedical research and development, pharmacy, government and regulatory affairs, counseling, community services, and technical writing.
A bachelor's degree in neuroscience is often an important first step toward other professional careers such as medicine, audiology, education, occupational therapy, social work, law, and management.
Core competencies gained
Discipline-related skills:
- Critical evaluation of nervous system dysfunction, ranging from psychiatric to neurological conditions
- Experience designing and executing experiments using model subjects
- Technical use of neuroimaging, statistics, and computational modeling
- Knowledge of research ethics, considerations, and societal implications in Neuroscience
Transferable skills:
- Academic writing and presentation skills
- Critical thinking and analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Leadership and teamwork
- Basic statistical analyses
- Research skills
Possible careers and employment
Neuroscience Alumni can be employed within a variety of industries and have multiple career path options. These are influenced by the student's elective courses, experiential learning choices, and certificates. Some of the options below will typically require additional or graduate-level training*, while some can be pursued following the completion of baccalaureate program only.
- Counsellor*
- Community worker
- Clinical research assistant
- EEG technologist
- Forensic science technician
- Neuroimaging technician
- Neuropsychologist*
- Nurse practitioner*
- Occupational therapist*
- Orthotic and prosthetic technician*
- Optometrist*
- Patient care assistant
- Pharmacy technician
- Pharmacist*
- Physical therapy*
- Psychometrist*
- Researcher*
- Speech-language pathologist*
- Science writer
- Teacher/Professor*
