Department Description:

Neuroscience is a broad and diverse field at the frontier of science today. The goal of neuroscience is to understand how the brain and nervous system acquire, process, and integrate information from the environment and how this information brings about behavior of the organism. Neuroscience is truly an integrative discipline in which chemistry, biology, psychology, physics and mathematics all provide us with insight into how the nervous system functions from the basic molecular processes to the sophisticated behavior of higher organisms. The neuroscience program at Concordia is unique in its emphasis on the physical basis of neuroscience, especially chemistry. The molecular level approach is integrated with the more traditional system wide and behavioral emphasis. The neuroscience minor would therefore nicely complement any major in the above-mentioned disciplines. (Concordia College Course Catalog 2015)

Department Head:

Other Faculty

• Jason Askvig
• Susan J. Larson
• Julie R. Mach
• Mikel L. Olson
• Darin J. Ulness

Majors and Minors Offered:

Sampling of courses Taught: 

• Introduction of Neuroscience
• Neurobiology
• Physical Neuroscience

Classes are held in the Jones building.