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Neuroscience in Europe

Dates: 16 May–20 June 2025
Application Deadline: 1 December 2024
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Our perception of the world around us and our behaviors toward it are the results of complex interactions between our brains and the surrounding environment. This program will help students to examine the influence of culture on the relationship between brain and behavior through a variety of activities and experiences as we travel in countries including Scotland, England, and France. Activities will include didactic instruction, visits to sites of local and cultural significance, and cultural experiences.

Another aim of the program is to take advantage of the rich history of psychological and neuroscience research in Europe. This will expose students to different ideas about how to think about the mind. The final aim of the program is to improve students’ global fluency and cultural awareness and help students become global learners.

Students of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and we value a diverse group of learners.

Click here to apply today!

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Rebekka Matheson
1030 KMBL
(801) 422-2954
rebekka_matheson@byu.edu

Jared Nielsen
1070 KMBL
(801) 422-5294
jarednielsen@byu.edu

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Courses

Students are required to enroll in 6 credit hours from the following:

PSYCH 370—Sensation & Perception (3 credit hours)
PSYCH 375—Cognition (3 credit hours)
PSYCH 430R—Capstone (variable credits)
NEURO 449R—Undergraduate Research Experience (3 credit hours)

Students may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.
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Cost

$8,400-8,900

Includes Latter-day Saint, undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for grads and non–Latter-day Saint students), housing, most breakfasts, at least one other meal per day, group transport, some activities, and international health insurance.

Does not include airfare to and from the program, other meals, cell phone international data plan, or personal expenses.
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Funding Sources

Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs.

Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship.

Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants.

Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
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Preparation

Accepted students are required to participate in an international, cross-cultural preparation course (IAS 201R, 1 credit hour).

This class will be held during Winter 2025 semester. Part-time BYU students and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional tuition fee. Accompanying spouses need to be credit-bearing participants on the program. Spouses will also need to apply online and take the preparation course. Students must have completed either Neuro 205 or Psych 381 as mandatory prerequisites for the study abroad experience by the end of winter semester 2025.

Students will be expected to be in Provo beginning April 29, 2025, the first day of spring term. This experience will include mandatory in-person class in Provo for approximately two weeks before departing for Europe from Utah. Participants commit to attending the full duration of the program, which lasts the duration of spring term (April 29-June 20), including on-campus and abroad components.

International study programs are physically, emotionally, and mentally taxing and you must be in good health to participate. These programs often take place in international locations that do not have the same level of safety and services in terms of transportation, living conditions, residential accommodations, food, public behavior, and policing that you may be used to on campus. If you have further questions or concerns on this, please see our travel policy.

Students must meet all country- and program-specific COVID and health requirements for travel.
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Housing

Students stay in apartments, hotels, or hostels. All housing and travel will be arranged by the program.
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Travel

Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program sites. Airline reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent.

BYU Travel
280 HRCB
(801) 422-6293
travel@byu.edu
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Application Process

Students must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Complete the online application here. A nonrefundable $35 application fee is required; applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.

Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program. The first payment is due upon acceptance; please refer to the Payment Information page.

Priority Deadline: 1 November 2024

Application Deadline: 1 December 2024
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Program Adjustments

International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost.

If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU Financial account.

ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.
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Faculty

Rebekka Matheson (she/her) received her MD from the University of Rochester. Her clinical work emphasized neurology, psychiatry, and addiction medicine. Her research experience includes the neuroanatomy of reward circuity and deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disease.

1030 KMBL
(801) 422-2954
rebekka_matheson@byu.edu

Jared Nielsen (he/him) received his PhD from the University of Utah and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He currently has projects that investigate how the brain is affected in individuals with autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and a variety of neurological conditions.

1070 KMBL
(801) 422-5294
jarednielsen@byu.edu
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International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
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ISP Student Handbook

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Payment Schedule

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