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The Psychology major provides a fundamental understanding of the principles of human cognition, emotion, behavior, social interactions, and mind-brain relationships. Our distinguished faculty teach excellent upper division courses in areas of expertise that include: behavioral genetics, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, child development, women’s health, and judgment and decision making (course topics are continually growing and developing).

Our Neuroscience major provides a fundamental understanding of brain function that emerges from knowledge of the interplay of the molecular, cellular, and systems–level operation of the nervous system. Our distinguished faculty teach excellent upper division courses in areas of expertise that include: learning and memory, addiction, mental illness, stress, neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology, and behavioral neuroscience (course topics are continually growing and developing).

Training in cognitive science prepares students admirably well for many of the fields that are targeted as the major growth fields of the 21st century: telecommunications, information processing, medical analysis, data retrieval, education, and multimedia. As the world is enveloped by the information age, cognitive scientists will be uniquely positioned to deal with this information.

Cognitive Science Certificate and Course Information

The Neuroscience Certificate encourages undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder to take courses in basic science while providing a means to specialize in neurosciences. Since this area of the biological sciences is cross-disciplinary, interdepartmental course selection is possible and encouraged.  This Certificate works well with students who are completing pre-medical course requirements as there is a great deal of overlap between the two.

Neuroscience Certificate and Course Information