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Students electing this degree program through participating programs earn a degree with a dual-title at the Ph.D. level, i.e., in (graduate program name) and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The following graduate programs offer a dual degree in Social and Behavioral Neuroscience: Ph.D. in Biobehavioral Health and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience; Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience; Ph.D in Human Development and Family Studies and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience; Ph.D. in Psychology and Social and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The Social and Behavioral Neuroscience dual-title degree program is administered by the Social and Behavioral Neuroscience Steering Committee, which is responsible for the management of the program. The committee oversees the general direction of the program, identifies faculty and courses appropriate to the program, recommends policy and procedures for the program’s operation to the Dean of the Graduate School, and is an advisory body to the program Director. The program enables students from participating graduate programs to obtain foundational graduate-level training in neuroscience as well as expertise in social and behavioral neuroscience theory, research, and methods.  This dual-title training will enable rigorous research at the intersection of neuroscience and the students’ partner discipline.  To pursue a dual-title degree under this program the student must apply to the Graduate School and register through one of the approved graduate programs.