得益于与瑞泽教育的新合作, Wittenberg is now enrolling students in its recently approved neuroscience major for the Spring 2023 semester.
The neuroscience major will be the third new track as part of the 里泽省 partnership built in collaboration with the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC). The other tracks are within Wittenberg’s management major and include supply chain management and project management. All these new tracks will make use of courses available through the LCMC on the 里泽省 platform.
奥利维亚Norbut, 格罗夫市2024届毕业生, 俄亥俄州, is one of the first current students who plans to take advantage of the new program and declare a major in neuroscience.
“I am thrilled that the neuroscience major passed because not only does this program provide me with the opportunity to receive a degree in what I am most passionate about, 但它也为未来的学生提供了机会, who have yet to discover that neuroscience is what lights their ‘fire,同样的机会,她说. “When I engaged in the [First Year 研究 Award program] my freshman year, I did not expect to love what I was doing so much or look so forward to my classes as much as I did. Then when I started taking psychology classes on top of my biology courses, I fell even more in love with the nexus of psychology and biology, 八方体育官网入口称之为“神经科学”.现在神经科学是一个专业, I can continue to apply what I have learned in doing research, as well as deepen my 理解 of the science of the brain. +, 既然提供了这个项目, it gives Wittenberg a competitive edge for prospective students interested in pursuing a major in STEM fields.”
里泽省, 一家高等教育公司, utilizes a course-sharing model that helps private colleges and universities expand educational opportunities for students while streamlining and lowering institutional costs. 里泽省联盟帮助学校创建新的共享专业, using top-quality curricula developed and taught by leading experts from industry and academia. With the help of 里泽省, Wittenberg can adopt high-demand programs. The LCMC is a strategic partnership of private colleges and universities across the country collaborating with 里泽省 Education to provide access to a cutting-edge curriculum that prepares students for successful careers.
多学科学位, Wittenberg’s new neuroscience major is designed to be a job-focused and an innovative degree that allows students to pursue a wide variety of careers. Often utilized as a premedical degree and for those interested in psychology or psychiatry, neuroscience opportunities in the 21st century have expanded far beyond, 在科技领域的角色, 金融, 医疗保健, 消费产品, 政府和更多, 根据里泽省. This project-based and portfolio-building curriculum is designed to help students produce a powerful resume before graduation, and ensure the opportunity to stand out to hiring managers in any field.
“We are excited to have a neuroscience major that will prepare our students for their career goals by requiring them to have either first an internship or research experience before they graduate, 和第二, to have the opportunity to take advanced neuroscience courses, 通过八方体育官网入口的里泽省合作, 这是大多数其他小型文理学院无法提供的,米歇尔·麦克沃特说, associate professor of biology and director of the neuroscience program.
具有神经科学学士学位的学生, 根据里泽省, are well suited to take on roles as laboratory technicians, 执法专业人员, 健康教育工作者, and technical writers: all jobs that offer a salary well above the national median and are experiencing job growth above the national average according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 职业展望手册.
为了跟上劳动力需求, Wittenberg will also be looking at other academic programs, including those surrounding health and public health in partnership with 里泽省.
关于低成本模式联盟(LCMC)The LCMC is a national consortium of over 130 fully accredited, 非营利性高校成立于2015年. Members of the LCMC are committed to working together to address the challenges of increasing costs in higher education by implementing innovative programs and reducing institutional costs for these programs to pass along savings to students. 通过这种方式, the LCMC hopes to develop new models of higher education that benefit students while simultaneously contributing to the 可持续性 of accredited, 非营利组织, 四年的机构.
