title: External reviews, internal influences: consultations and the undergraduate neuroscience curriculum.
abstract: In 2007 FUN established the FUN Program and Department Consultations Service, or FUN-PDCS. Since that founding, the service has provided numerous consultation recommendations to undergraduate programs seeking assistance with external program reviews, designing and improving courses and many other programmatic needs. FUN-PDCS, like FUN, is primarily a grassroots organization and draws on the expertise of the FUN membership to aid programs in their more personalized pursuit of the FUN mission: to promote and improve undergraduate neuroscience education and research.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department & Neuroscience Studies Program, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105.
authors.forename: Eric P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Wiertelak
keywords: enhancing teaching effectiveness; facilities design; funding sources; minority recruitment and retention; neuroscience curriculum; neuroscience study abroad; professional development; program review