The Science of Mind, Brain, and Behavior
The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Gonzaga University brings together the science of mind, behavior, and the brain within a Jesuit, humanistic tradition. Our faculty and students explore fundamental questions about the human experience — from the biological mechanisms underlying thought and action to the social and psychological forces that shape who we are and how we relate to one another.
Through rigorous coursework and interdisciplinary collaboration, our students develop critical thinking skills alongside a deep commitment to serving others by:
- Engaging in Research: Work alongside faculty to investigate questions about the brain and behavior using approaches ranging from human neuroscience and experimental psychology to social and developmental research.
- Understand Human Behavior: Examine how biological, cognitive, social, and developmental processes influence how people think, feel, interact, and change across the lifespan.
- Connect Learning to the World Beyond the Classroom: Apply what they learn through research, community engagement, education and outreach, and other experiences that connect psychology and neuroscience to people's lives.
B.A. in Psychology
Explore the complex social, developmental, and psychological forces that shape human behavior. Gonzaga’s Psychology program blends empirical research with a Jesuit, humanistic focus, preparing you to understand mental processes, promote mental health, and serve communities.
- What You'll Study: Human behavior, counseling foundations, social dynamics, and developmental psychology.
- Where It Can Lead: Mental health, human resources, law, social work, and organizational psychology.
B.S. in Neuroscience
Explore how the brain gives rise to thought, behavior, emotion, and our experience of the world. Gonzaga’s interdisciplinary Neuroscience program brings together biology, psychology, chemistry, and human physiology to study the nervous system from its cellular foundations to cognition and behavior.
- What You'll Study: Brain structure and function, cellular neurophysiology, sensation and perception, cognition, behavior, and neurological and psychiatric disorders.
- Where It Can Lead: Preparation for careers and graduate study in medicine and other health professions, neuroscience research, clinical research, biotechnology, and related fields.