Neuroscience Program

NEUR 99: Senior Research and Senior Honors in Neuroscience

2023-2024 Information

To enroll in NEUR 99A for Fall semester: Complete the 99 Petition online no later than Sept 6, 2023. The neuroscience program will send you further instructions so you can register in NEUR 99 if the petition is complete, your faculty research sponsor has filled their separate form, and project requirements have been met. Please note that you must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the Neuroscience Major in order for you to be eligible to enroll in Honors, but not to do senior research. We will be checking GPAs to determine eligibility, based on requirements for the BA degree.

To enroll in NEUR 99b for Spring semester: if you enrolled in NEUR 99a in the previous Fall, you do not need to submit the petition again but you must email the Neuroscience Program at neuroscience@brandeis.edu no later than Jan. 14, 2024 that you wish to enroll in NEUR 99b. You will not be able to register for 99b until you turn in your final paper for 99a and receive a grade. If you are enrolling in NEUR 99 for the first time (e.g., you did NEUR 93 in the Fall), you must complete the online 99 Petition no later than Jan. 14, 2024. The neuroscience program will send you further instructions so you can register in NEUR 99 if the petition is complete, your faculty research sponsor has filled their separate form, and project requirements have been met.

NEUR 99: Senior Research and Senior Honors in Neuroscience

The Senior Research Program provides an opportunity for students concentrating in Neuroscience to do a two-semester-long independent research project during their senior year and to receive both course and elective credit for that research. Research must ask and attempt to answer a novel question in neuroscience, with the goal of contributing to neuroscience knowledge. Any senior concentrating in neuroscience regardless of GPA can participate in Senior Research (NEUR 99) and ask to be considered for Senior Honors (see NEUR 99 petition). Eligibility for honors is determined by the student's research performance and final academic record.