{"id":2032,"date":"2026-07-22T16:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/?page_id=2032"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:25:30","slug":"neuroscience-major-ilos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/neuroscience-major-ilos\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intended Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Student will:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>describe the basic structure and function of the nervous system at multiple levels of organization (e.g. spanning from molecules to cells to circuits to systems to behavior).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be able to perform experiments using tools, techniques, strategies, and terminology to answer neuroscience questions across multiple levels of organization of the nervous system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>critically analyze the primary neuroscience literature by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>effectively searching and locating relevant primary literature for a given neuroscience topic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>independently identifying the research question(s) addressed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>evaluating the appropriateness of experimental design and methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>interpreting data such as images, graphs, and numerical results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>synthesizing multiple sources to review the current state of a subfield within neuroscience, including important unanswered questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>communicate neuroscience findings:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>that include their own as well as the results of others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in oral, graphical, or written form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to a variety of audiences such as the general public, peers, or professional neuroscientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reflect on the breadth of careers available to neuroscience students and the educational steps and other activities prerequisite to these career paths.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intended Learning Outcomes Student will: April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2679,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2032","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2679"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2036,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions\/2036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curriculum-committee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}