AREAS OF NEUROSCIENTIFIC STUDY ("TRACKS")
Because neuroscience encompasses work at such wide-ranging levels of analysis, many students often focus on particular tracks of investigation.  The Neuroscience minor at UNCA seeks to emphasize the following three areas of research:

Molecular/Cellular - the study of the relevant chemical, neurotransmitter and biomechanical processes in neural functioning.

Systems - the neural and brain systems underlying larger-scale physiological processes, cognition and behavior.

Computational - modeling how neurons function and how neural systems interact to compute complex functions.

As the Neuroscience minor is new to UNCA, not all of these tracks are currently represented in the course offerings for the minor.  However, it is a goal of the minor to allow future Neuroscience minors to explore their interest by focusing on courses in one of the above tracks.