Major/Minor Requirements
Neuroscience and Cognitive Studies
Requirements for the Major in Neuroscience and Cognitive Studies (13 courses, including 9 general courses and an additional 4 courses from one of two specializations):
These 9 courses are required of all NEUR majors:
- Cell Biology I with lab (Biol 1001 & 1003)
- General Zoology with lab (Biol 1023 & 1021)
- General Chemistry I with lab (Chem 1213 & 1211)
- Introduction to Neuroscience (Neur 2000)
- Psychological Statistics (Psyc 2100)
- Behavioral Methods (Psyc 2110)
- Cognition (Psych 3100)
- Philosophy of Mind (Phil 3120)
- Senior Seminar (Neur 4900)
In addition, 4 courses from one of the following specializations are required:
Physiology and Biochemistry Specialization
- Evolution and Systematics (Biol 2220)
- Anatomy and Physiology (Biol 3410 + 3420)
- Molecular Cell Biology (Bio 3300)
- Genetics (Biol 2000)
- Histology (Biol 3100)
- General Chemistry II (Chem 1223 & 1221)
- Organic Chemistry I (Chem 2110 & 2111)
- Quantitative Analysis (Chem 2310)
- Biochemistry I (Chem 3610)
- Behavioral Neuroscience (Psyc 3180)
- Neural Anatomy and Physiology (Neur 3200)
- Applied Research in Neuroscience (Neur 3400)
Behavioral and Theoretical Specialization
- Perception (Psyc 3110)
- Psychology of Language (Psyc 3060)
- Learning (Psyc 3120)
- Behavioral Medicine (Psyc 4750)
- Cognitive Neuroscience (Psyc 3210)
- History of Neuroscience (Psyc 4750)
- Philosophy of Science (Phil 3100)
- Philosophy of Human Nature (Phil 2200)
- Biomedical Ethics (Phil 2110)
Requirements for the Minor in Neuroscience and Cognitive Studies (5 courses including 3 general courses and 1 course from each of the specializations):
These courses are required of all NEUR minors:
- Introduction to Neuroscience (Neur 2000)
- Cell Biology I with lab (Biol 1001 & 1003)
- General Chemistry I with lab (Chem 1213 & 1211)
In addition, 1 course from each of the above specializations is required.
Checklist for NEUR majors (PDF).
