Neuroscience Concentration

The departments of Biology and Psychology offer an interdisciplinary concentration in Neuroscience. The Neuroscience concentration consists of 12 courses.

All concentrators must take:

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIO-100

PSYCH-101Introductory Psychology

1

PSYCH-201/NEURO-201Statistics and Research Methods in Psychology

1

NEURO-357/BIO-357Cellular Neurobiology

1

NEURO-500/501Senior Project

1

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
PSYCH-204/NEURO-204Fundamentals of Human Neuroscience

1

PSYCH-205/NEURO-205Fundamentals of Neurobiology

1

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
NEURO-330/BIO-330/PSYCH-330Systems Neuroscience

1

BIO-331Vertebrate Physiology

1

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
NEURO-320/PSYCH-320Psychology and Neuroscience of Learning

1

NEURO-328/PSYCH-328Cognitive Neuroscience

1

NEURO-329/PSYCH-329Stress and Psychophysiology

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
CHEM-120Principles of Chemistry

1

CHEM-190Organic Chemistry I

1

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Another BIO course at the 200-level or above

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
-200-level BIO course or higher

-200-level PSYCH course or higher

CHEM-270/BICHM-270Biological Chemistry

1

CPSCI-375/NEURO-375Artificial Intelligence

1

PHIL-310/NEURO-310Philosophy of Science

1

PHIL-440/NEURO-440Mind and Body

1

PSYCH-254 does not fulfill a neuroscience concentration requirement