2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

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Neuroscience Minor

24-27 credit hours

Required Courses: 5 credit hours

NEUR 123Introduction to Neuroscience (NS)

4
NEUR 400Neuroscience Seminar

1

Selective Courses: 3-4 credit hours

Complete one of the following courses:
BIOL 321Neurobiology

4
BIOL 323Neurobiology of Disease

3
PSYC 240Cognitive Psychology

3
PSYC 260Behavioral Neuroscience (SI)

3
PSYC 261Social, Affective, and Developmental Neuroscience (SI)

3
PSYC 345Sensation and Perception

3

Supportive Requirements: 7 credit hours

BIOL 110Biology and Human Concerns (NS)

4
OR
BIOL 120Biological Principles I (NS)

4
 
PSYC 115General Psychology (SS)

3

Interdisciplinary Requirement: 3 credit hours

Complete one of the following courses:
BIOL 205/HIST 205Life Cycles: Birth, Death and the History of Medicine (SI)

3
BIOL 215Neuroscience and Society (SI)

3
COSC 380Artificial Intelligence

3
HIST 207Darwinian Revolution (SI)

3
PHIL 236History and Philosophy of Science (WT) (W)

3
PHIL 306Philosophy of Mind

3
PHIL 309Free Will and Moral Responsibility

3
PSYC 305Psychology and Religion

3
RELI 243Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)

3
RELI 254Religion, Medicine, and Ethics (E) (RT)

3
SOCI 230Medical Sociology

3
SOCI 330Race and Gender in Medicine and Health

3

Elective Courses: 6-8 Credit hours

Complete 6-8 credit hours of additional coursework from the following list from two different prefixes:
BIOL 215Neuroscience and Society (SI)

3
BIOL 303/PHYS 303Biological Physics

3
BIOL 321Neurobiology

4
BIOL 323Neurobiology of Disease

3
BIOL 334Comparative Anatomy and Vertebrate Embryology (W)

4
BIOL 346Developmental Biology (W)

4
BIOL 360Evolution

4
BIOL 361/COSC 361Bioinformatics

4
BIOL 364Pharmacology

4
BIOL 368Animal Behavior (SI)

4
BIOL 392Directed Research

1- 4
BIOL 395Internship

1- 6
CHEM 330Medicinal Chemistry (W)

4
COSC 380Artificial Intelligence

3
CMDS 274Speech and Hearing Science

3
CMDS 376Language Disorders

3
NURS 330Pharmacology

3
NURS 420Behavioral Health Nursing

4
PHIL 306Philosophy of Mind

3
PHIL 309Free Will and Moral Responsibility

3
PSYC 232Psychopathology

3
PSYC 240Cognitive Psychology

3
PSYC 320Health Psychology (WB)

3
PSYC 345Sensation and Perception

3
PSYC 391Practicum

1- 4
PSYC 393Directed Research I

1- 3
PSYC 397Topics:

3
RELI 243Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)

3
RELI 254Religion, Medicine, and Ethics (E) (RT)

3
SPED 336Methods in Instruction and Intervention for Students with Disabilities

3
SPED 357Methods for Managing Students with Challenging Behavior

3

NOTES:

1. Topics classes, directed research, internships, independent study, and Civitas courses that have a neuroscience emphasis, regardless of department, may count as electives by petition.

2. Some courses listed in the electives may have unlisted prerequisites that must be satisfied before a student can enroll in the course.

3. The elective list will be expanded as new relevant courses across campus are developed, including in departments not listed here.

4. Depending on the goals of the students, this curriculum may need to be supplemented with additional coursework in statistics, computer science, or other areas. For instance, a student heading to a graduate program in neurobiology may want additional coursework in molecular biology and other techniques that are currently used in the modern laboratory. These courses should be selected in consultation with a student’s adviser.

 

PSYC 397: Psychology of Aging (FA23) only.