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Major Requirements

The Neuroscience curriculum is organized into three sets of courses, namely a common core set of courses and two sets of elective courses.Ìý

Entrance into Major

• Students must complete NEUR 170Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Neuroscience to be eligible to enter the major.

Core Requirements

• NEUR 170Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Neuroscience (should be completed by the end of the second year)
• CHEM 101Ìý-ÌýGeneral Chemistry I (normally completed in the fall of the first year)
• CHEM 102Ìý-ÌýGeneral Chemistry II (normally completed in the springÌýof the first year)
  ÌýEligible students may takeÌýCHEM 111Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýCHEM 111LÌýin place of the CHEM 101 and CHEM 102 requirement
• BIOL 182Ìý-ÌýMolecules, Cells, and Genes (normally completed before the end of the secondÌýyear)
• NEUR 201Ìý-ÌýStrategies & Discoveries in Neuroscience
• PSYC 309Ìý-ÌýQuantitative Methods in Behavioral Research ÌýorÌý BIOL 320Ìý-ÌýBiostatistics Ìý
• NEUR 498Ìý-ÌýSenior Thesis

Core Electives

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of NECEÌýin the course offerings.

One of the following:

• Any 300-level biology course (excluding courses based in Ecology and those listed as neuroscience core or general electives)
• CHEM 263Ìý-ÌýOrganic Chemistry I
• COSC 101Ìý-ÌýIntroduction for Computing I andÌýCOSC 101LÌý
• MATH 214Ìý-ÌýLinear Algebra
• MATH 315Ìý-ÌýMathematical Biology
• PHIL 225Ìý-ÌýLogic I
• PHYS 112Ìý-ÌýFundamental Physics II andÌýPHYS 112LÌý
• Any 300-level psychological science course (excluding PSYC 309, PSYC 300NE, or those crosslisted as NEUR)

General Electives

Three courses from the following, with at least one taken from each cluster:

Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of NECM in the course offerings.

• NEUR 376/ PSYC 376Ìý-ÌýFunctional Neuroanatomy
• NEUR 379/PSYC 379Ìý-ÌýFundamentals of Neurochemistry/Neuropharmacology Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýNEUR 379L/PSYC 379LÌý
• NEUR 381/PSYC 381Ìý-ÌýBehavioral Genetics Ìý
• BIOL 384/NEUR 384Ìý-ÌýNeurophysiology Ìý
• BIOL 385/NEUR 385/PSYC 385Ìý-ÌýNeuroethology ÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýBIOL 385L/NEUR 385L/PSYC 385LÌý
• BIOL 389/NEUR 389Ìý-ÌýMolecular Neurobiology ÌýÌý

Systems Neuroscience

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of NESN in the course offerings.

• NEUR 353/PSYC 353Ìý-ÌýVisual Perception & Cognition ÌýÌý
• NEUR 355/PSYC 355Ìý-ÌýLanguage and Thought ÌýÌýÌý
• NEUR 374Ìý-ÌýComputational Neuroscience
• NEUR 375/PSYC 375Ìý-ÌýCognitive Neuroscience ÌýÌý
• NEUR 377/PSYC 377Ìý-ÌýPsychopharmacology ÌýÌý

Senior Thesis

NEUR 498Ìý-ÌýSenior Thesis Ìý(one semester)Ìýmust be taken in the fall or spring of the senior year.ÌýDuring the spring semester of the junior year, students will be asked to identify several areas of interest for their senior-year research experience.ÌýStudents are then assigned to faculty research supervisors and assigned to the fall or spring semester sections based upon students' interests and the availability of resources.

Students planning honors research are required to enroll in NEUR 498Ìýin the fall of the senior year, followed by NEUR 499 in the spring of the senior year. On occasion, students who are not pursuing honors or high honors may complete two semesters of senior research by taking NEUR 498Ìýin the fall and NEUR 491Ìýin the spring.

GPA Requirement

An overall GPA of at least 2.00 is required in all courses counting toward the neuroscienceÌýmajor. A passing grade (D- or higher) must be received for a course to satisfy a major requirement.

Honors and High Honors

Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the NeuroscienceÌýprogramÌýpage.

Neuroscience Program

For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, etc.,Ìýplease visit theÌýNeuroscience programÌýcatalogÌýpage.