Many of our undergraduates conduct research through the Memorial University Career Experience Program (MUCEP), ISWEP, Student Undergraduate Research Award (SURA) and other summer research programs. Ongoing research activities include studying the progression of cancer, the development of the immune system, describing protein structures that may lead to drug development, the role of small RNA in the control of gene expression, and how proteins that detect chemical signals in the body are involved in health and disease.
In addition to the major, honours and minor options in Human Biosciences, joint programs are offered in:
Cell Biology and Human Biosciences (B.Sc. honours)
Chemistry and Human Biosciences (B.Sc. honours)
Human Biosciences and Physics (B.Sc. honours)
Human Biosciences and Behavioural Neuroscience (B.Sc. honours)
Behavioural neuroscience is the general study of the relations between the structure and activity of the brain and its function in generating integrated adaptive behavioural responses. Memorial's neuroscience program has strong links to the Faculty of Medicine, located on the same campus in St. John's. Our major program options in psychology provide students with a solid background in the science of psychology. They culminate with small classes offering direct, hands-on experience in conducting research in a wide variety of areas such as observation of sea bird behaviour, assessment of people's attitudes, and experiments on memory and spatial learning. In addition to the B.Sc. major and honours options in behavioural neuroscience, joint programs are offered in: behavioural neuroscience/biochemistry (B.Sc. honours), behavioural neuroscience/biology (B.Sc. honours), behavioural neuroscience/nutrition (B.Sc. honours). Nutrition is the science that studies the process of taking in and utilizing food for metabolism, growth and repair. Nutritionists study how foods are converted into simpler compounds used by the body, and how food choices can lead to greater overall health, or contribute to disease development. Many of our undergraduates conduct research through the Memorial University Career Experience Program (MUCEP), ISWEP, Student Undergraduate Research Award (SURA) and other summer research programs. Ongoing research activities include studying the progression of cancer, the development of the immune system, describing protein structures that may lead to drug development, the role of small RNA in the control of gene expression, and how proteins that detect chemical signals in the body are involved in health and disease.
Length: Four years
