The B.S. in Neuroscience requires completion of 10 required courses across the Biology, Psychology, and Chemistry departments, and 5 elective courses.
Required courses:
PSYC 110 – Intro to Psychology w/lab
BIOL 112 – Biomolecular Foundations of Biology w/lab
CHEM 121 – General Chemistry I
CHEM 122 – General Chemistry II
PSYC 120 – Quantitative Methods
NEUR 201 – Intro to Neuroscience
CHEM 221 – Organic Chemistry I
NEUR 256 – Neurobiology w/lab
PSYC 323 – Physiological Psychology II w/lab
NEUR 401 – Advanced Neuroscience
The Neuroscience program’s electives reflect the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the field. Every semester, different electives across multiple departments are offered that can fulfill your elective requirements depending on your specific interests in the field. The following is a list of elective course offerings for Spring 2024 grouped by content focus.
Psychology
- PSYC 256 (Cognitive Psychology I)
Biology
- PHIL 225 (Philosophy of Mind)
- NEUR 275 (Art, Neuroscience and Consciousness)
Humanities
- NEUR 353 (Neuroregeneration)
- BIOL 214 (Neuroanatomy w/ lab)
- BIOL 255 (Molecular Genetics w/ lab)
- BIOL 310 (Aging and Age-related Disease)
- NEUR 370 (Special topic: Sensory Neuroscience)
Quantitative skills
- CM 151 (Computational Methods w/lab)
- NEUR 265 (Introduction to Neural Data Analysis)
- PSYC 203 (Design and Analysis I w/lab)
- BIOL 113 (Quantitative Biology w/lab)
Chemistry/Physics
- PHYS 112 (Physics 2 w/lab)
- PSYC/NEUR 225 (Psychopharmacology)
One Independent Study (NEUR 391/392), Advanced Research (491/492), or Honors (NEUR 495/496) course also may be used as an elective.