The Behavioral Neuroscience Concentration emphasizes a research intensive, multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of the biological determinants of behavior. The goal of the program is to prepare students for research and teaching in behavioral neuroscience by providing a broad background of training in modern and traditional methods and theories. Our current research focuses on the neurobiology of affective behavior, stress, learning and memory, and cognition. The Behavioral Neuroscience laboratories are housed on the Manoa campus. Collaborative faculty are located on the Kakaʻako campus, which houses the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and at the Queen's Medical Center, which houses the Magnetic Resonance Research Center. Graduate students engage in research from their first semester with a Behavioral Neuroscience faculty member and complete a basic core of required and elective courses in Psychology during their first two years. The research programs of individual faculty emphasize the analysis of behavior from psychological, behavioral and neurobiological perspectives. In addition to the core Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience curriculum, students are encouraged to take courses in related areas such as Anatomy, Cell & Molecular Biology, Zoology, and Physiology.