Can I have some more detailed info about the Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience (BCN) program?
This program represents an emergent inter-disciplinary field in the behavioural/life sciences and specifically in the area of neuroscience. Neuroscience, which links the disciplines of biology and psychology, is the study of behaviour and its neural mechanisms. It is a strong and growing interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand brain function at molecular, behavioural and cognitive levels. This area of study is already well grounded as a graduate (i.e. Master’s and doctorate level) discipline in many North American universities and has a strong presence in medical schools. Few, if any Canadian undergraduate (i.e. Bachelor’s) programs, however, provide the integrated training in this area that would aid students in applying to such programs. In the past, students from our university have had to acquire the basic research skills and knowledge during the first year as graduate students. The incorporation of the Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience Program (BCN) as a combined biol
