B.S. Major Requirements
10 courses in major (9 courses at 100 level or above)
8 Pre-/Co-requisites
Gateway
one of the following:
- NEUROSCI 101 Biological Basis of Behavior
- NEUROSCI 095FCS Neuroeconomics: The Neurobiology of Decision Making
- NEUROSCI 093FCS Neurobiology of Mind
Core Courses
may be taken in any sequence:
- NEUROSCI 114 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
- NEUROSCI 115 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
one of the following (substitutions possible with permission of the DUS):
- NEUROSCI 112 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
- NEUROSCI 116 Brain and Behavior
Statistics
100’s level Statistics course (e.g., STA 101, 102, 103, or 113; or PSY 117)
Electives
Any four courses from the list of electives (see detailed list of courses):
- one must be a seminar course or one (or more) term of independent study
- up to two semesters of independent study may count toward major
- one may be from the list of “allied electives" (substitutions possible with permission of the DUS)
Capstone Experience
one of the following:
- Laboratory or Methods NEUROSCI course (see detailed list of courses)
- Independent study (2 terms are required for capstone credit; one of these terms may also be counted towards the total number of electives)
- NEUROSCI 196S Current Research in Neuroscience (to be developed)
Note: no more than two of the ten courses required for the major (not including pre- and co-requisites) may be used to satisfy the requirements of another major.
Pre-/Co-requisites: (total of 8 courses required)
- 2 terms of Mathematics through MATH 32 or equivalent (e.g., MATH 31-32)
- 2 terms of Physics (e.g., PHY 41L-42L, 53L-54L or 61L-62L)
- for most Juniors and Seniors, and most Sophmores, 2 terms of general Chemistry with sufficient proficiency to take organic chemistry (e.g., CHEM 21L-22L or CHEM 23L)
- for Freshmen and many Sophmores, 1 term of general Chemistry (CHEM 31L) plus one term of Programming (EGR 53L, COMPSCI 6, or equivalent) or one other term of chemistry/molecular biology (CHEM 32L, BIOCHEM 227, or BIOL 118)
- 1 term of Organic chemistry
- BIOL 25L Principles of Biology (or equivalent; e.g., BIOL 19)
