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Cutting Edge Neuroscience Research

A distinguishing feature of the major is the emphasis placed on encouraging students to become actively involved in research. Each year more than eighty BBB majors are engaged in cutting edge research throughout campus seeking to push forward our knowledge of how neural circuits give rise to complex behaviors and how these circuits go awry in psychiatric and neurological disorders. Many students in the BBB Program are actively involved in community outreach, participating in the annual Kids Judge Neuroscience Fair for elementary school students from West Philadelphia.

Undergraduates interested in majoring in BBB should take BIBB 109, Introduction to Brain and Behavior, as early as possible in their undergraduate career. This course provides an overview of neuroscience and is required for all upper-level BIBB courses.