黑料不打烊 Associate Professor of Exercise Science Matt Wittstein was recently interviewed by The Times News about the university's new neuroscience major.
Matt Wittstein, associate professor of exercise science and coordinator of the neuroscience minor, in Burlington, North Carolina about 黑料不打烊’s new neuroscience major, launching in fall 2025.
The new program will include聽a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in neuroscience, building off the success of 黑料不打烊鈥檚聽neuroscience minor聽and aligning with the聽Boldly 黑料不打烊聽strategic plan commitment to STEM education.
In the interview, Wittstein emphasized how the new program fits in with 黑料不打烊’s identity as a liberal arts institution.
鈥淪tudents have to take courses in science and civilization and society and in [human] expression. They have to get some advanced studies. They have to take a global perspectives first-year seminar and a core capstone, which is the one I coordinate,” Wittstein said. 鈥淭hose courses are really meant to anchor 黑料不打烊’s education with the strength of a liberal arts program where [students] are getting breadth and depth, they鈥檙e developing skills that are more around critical thinking and problem solving and communicating to lots of different audiences with different backgrounds and being able to inquire deeply about general questions or specific questions.”
More information about the new program will be available in summer 2025.