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BSc Neuroscience and Mental Health

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Carleton University

Program Overview

Neuroscience is a new, exciting, and rapidly expanding scientific discipline that aims to understand how physical processes in our brains underlie complex functions such as movement, sensation, memory, emotion, consciousness and thought. Faculty and students in Neuroscience are particularly interested in how diseases that affect the brain lead to mental health problems, with the focus of our research including depression, Parkinson s disease, obesity, Alzheimer s disease and concussion. Neuroscience and Mental Health is Canada s first undergraduate degree program to be run by a Neuroscience Department. The program offers flexibility of course selection for students, including opportunities for students to pursue a wide range of minors.

Program Key Stats

$33092 (Annual cost)



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Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

A secondary school or high school graduation certificate, Official/original transcript(s) from high school and of any post-secondary studies completed, IELTS (Academic) 6.5 IELTS (min 6.0 each band), TOEFL ibT of 86 (22 in writing and speaking, 20 reading and listening), CAEL of 70 overall with a minimum score of 60 on each band, PTE of 60 (min 60 in each Communicative Skill), MELAB of 85 (min. score of 80 on each section)

Career Options

  • Industrial Lab Researcher
  • Medical Lab Research Assistant
  • Medical Researcher
  • Biotechnology Assistant
  • Biomedical Engineer
  • Biomedical Technician
  • Biochemical Researcher

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