B.S. in Neuroscience

Students majoring in neuroscience will gain a rich, transdisciplinary understanding of how behavior and cognition can be explained from a biological perspective and gain familiarity with the computational tools used to analyze complex behavioral data. The curriculum involves courses from anthropology, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, philosophy, psychological science, and statistics. Students in neuroscience will engage in educational and experiential learning activities that will prepare them for careers in many fields including neurobehavior, pharmaceutical testing, medicine, biomedical research, psychological science, social science, and computational neuroscience.

NKU is a growing metropolitan university of more than 14,000 students served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus near Cincinnati.

Located in the quiet suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky—just seven miles southeast of Cincinnati—we have become a leader in Greater Cincinnati and Kentucky by providing a private school education for a fraction of the cost. While we are one of the fastest-growing universities in Kentucky, our professors still know our students' names.