High Point University’s Neuroscience Program strives to provide students with state-of-the-art, rigorous, laboratory-intensive training in this interdisciplinary field that enables them to:

• Demonstrate proficiency with the concepts and methodologies of neuroscience;
• Apply scientific methods and ways of thinking, including hypothesis formation, the design and execution of well-controlled experiments, and the analysis and interpretation of experimental results;
• Apply concepts from the various sub disciplines of neuroscience to solve problems;
• Communicate neuroscience concepts and data effectively, both orally and in written form, to the scientific and lay communities;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical and social dimensions of neuroscience, as well as the limitations and assumptions of the field as it is practiced in the US and globally; and
• Demonstrate the understanding and skills necessary to work in a diverse world.