The behavioral neuroscience major is an interdepartmental program for undergraduates, supported by neuroscience faculty across the College of Science. Behavioral neuroscience combines the disciplines of biology and psychology and focuses on brain mechanisms and how they give rise to behavioral functions in humans and animals. The goal is to achieve an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of nerve cells, chemical transmission, neural circuits, fundamental biological processes such as inheritance and development, and then to see how these biological events give rise to normal and pathological behavior. The primary objective of the neuroscience major is to draw together faculty and students who are interested in this interdisciplinary topic and to provide undergraduates with a rigorous education in the field. This major prepares students for advancement to graduate programs in neuroscience or related fields and for admission to medical school or other health profession programs.