Neuroscience, B.S.

Required Courses

All Neuroscience majors will be required to complete a total of 27 hours of courses across the disciplines of the field (Psychology, Biology, Chemistry). There are 12 hours of required courses for all majors, including

• PSYC 1010 - Introductory Psychology
• PSYC 2020 - Research Methods
• PSYC 3050 - Physiological Psychology
• NSCI 3300 - Introduction to Neuroscience

Neuroscience/Psychology Electives

Majors are also required to take 9 hours of elective Neuroscience specific courses. Students must take 2 courses from List 1 (PSYC and/or PSYC/NSCI with at least 1 course at or above the 4000-level) and 1 course from List 2 (Biology or Chemistry). These courses include:

Quantitative Courses

Students must take 6 hours of Quantitative courses by completing any two of the following courses:

• PSYC 2511 - Psychological Statistics
• CPSC 1710 - Computer Science I
• CPSC 2230 - Introduction to Computational Data Analysis * (recommended to co-register with CPSC 1230  )
• CPSC 1230 - Introduction to Scientific Computing * (recommended to co-register with CPSC 2230 )
• CPSC 1720 - Introduction to Computer Science II
• MATH 2550 - Discrete Structures for Computer Science and Mathematics I
• MATH 3010 - Biostatistics

Biology and Chemistry Double Concentration Courses

In order to satisfy pre-requisite requirements in Biology and Chemistry, 12 hours of course work in each area must be completed, which will count as a Double Concentration:

• CHEM 1010 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1011L - General Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM 1020 - General Chemistry II
• CHEM 1021L - General Chemistry II Laboratory
• CHEM 2210 - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2230L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
• BIOL 1230 - General Biology I
• BIOL 1230L - General Biology I Laboratory
• BIOL 1240 - General Biology II
• BIOL 1240L - General Biology II Laboratory
• BIOL 3110 - Genetics
• BIOL 3110L - Genetics Laboratory

Notes

⁺Courses marked (PM) are required for students wishing to fulfill pre-medical requirements for professional health programs

Special Pre-medicine Note: Both General Physics I, plus Lab (PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2010L ) and General Physics II, plus Lab (PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2020L ) are required for admittance to medical school.

All Neuroscience majors will need to successfully complete a neuroscience research project, including a relevant literature review, before graduation (NSCI 4999 ). The research project will incorporate both a written paper and an oral presentation, both to be rated by a Psychology Department rubric.

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Summary: Program in Neuroscience