What can I do with my neuroscience degree?
Knowledge & Skills Developed:
- Adaptability to different work environments
- Analyzing & modifying behaviour
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (verbal & written)
- Critical & inferential thinking
- Ethical practice
- Experimental design
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Organization, analysis, & interpretation of scientific data
- Physiological understanding of the human brain & central nervous system
- Project management
- Scientific writing
- Thorough comprehension of perception, motivation, learning, behaviour, cognition, brain development & function
Potential Careers:
- Clinical Biochemist
- Clinical Neuropsychiatrist
- Diagnostic Imaging Specialist
- Forensic Laboratory Analyst
- Forensic Psychologist
- Geneticist
- Human-Computer Interface Designer
- Laboratory Technician
- Medical Error Consultant
- Medical Librarian
- Mental Health Clinician
- Neurobiologist
- Neurophysiologist
- Pharmaceutical Researcher
- Pharmacologist
- Professor/Teacher
- Research Scientist
- Toxicologist
Note: Additional education or specialized training is required for many occupations.
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Potential Employers:
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Alberta Health Services-Neuropsychology
- CSC Regional Psychiatric Centre
- Edmonton Institution
- Millard Health*
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories*
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Université de Montréal*
- Johnson & Johnson
- National Institute for Nanotechnology*
*These companies have partnered with our Science Internship Program to offer you working experience during your undergraduate degree.