BS in Neuroscience

Course Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Program-specific curriculum:

Required

Eleven basic science courses (41 credits):

• Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules
• Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules
• and Introduction to Cells and Molecules Laboratory
• Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms
• Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms
• and Introduction to Organisms Laboratory
• Genetics
• Cell Biology
• General Chemistry I
• General Chemistry II
• Organic Chemistry I
• and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
• Organic Chemistry II
• and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
• University Physics I with Biological Applications
• General Physics I
• University Physics I
• University Physics II with Biological Applications
• General Physics II
• University Physics II
• Calculus with Precalculus I
• and Calculus with Precalculus II
• Single-Variable Calculus I

Two courses in quantitative methods (6 credits) from the following:

• Introduction to Bioinformatics
• Introduction to Programming with Python
• Statistics for the Biological Sciences

Three gateway courses (9 credits) that introduce core neuroscience concepts, from the following:

• Human Functional Neuroanatomy
• Neural Substrates of Speech, Language, and Hearing
• Neural Circuits and Behavior
• Human Neurobiology
• Biological Psychology

Five advanced content courses from the following. These must include two courses in cellular/molecular/systems neuroscience (6 credits), two courses in cognitive neuroscience (6 credits) and one course in advanced biochemistry (3 to 4 credits).

Cellular/molecular/systems neuroscience

• Evolution of the Human Brain
• Developmental Neurobiology
• Human Neurobiology
• Current Topics in Psychology

Cognitive neuroscience

• Neuropsychology
• Memory and Cognition
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Visual Perception
• Autism
• Brain and Language

Advanced biochemistry

• Introductory Medical Biochemistry
• Biochemistry I
• Biochemistry II

One research/laboratory experience course (3 to 4 credits).

This may be one semester of guided or independent research in ANTH, CHEM, PHIL, PSYC, or SPHR**, or one of the following options:
Laboratory experience

• Animal Behavior
• and Animal Behavior Lab
• Research Lab in Cognitive Neuroscience
• Undergraduate Research
• Undergraduate Research
• Independent Study
• Undergraduate Research Seminar

Recommended for premed students. In addition, premed students are advised to take SOC 1001 Introduction to Sociology, BISC 2322 Human Physiology, and BISC 2337 Introductory Microbiology Laboratory.

For SPHR, available only to students with a minimum 3.5 GPA in major courses and/or the permission of the instructor.