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Neuroscience - General Option (120 Credits)
Students may certify in general neuroscience (including Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental and Pre-Veterinary options) after completing a minimum of 24 semester hours with a 3.0 minimum GPA overall, and a 3.0 minimum GPA in BIOLOGY 106, BIOLOGY 107, CHEM 105, CHEM 106 or 116, MATH 140 or 171, PHYSICS 101 or 201 or 205, and PHYSICS 102 or 202 or 206 or CHEM 345.
| First Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| CHEM 105 [PSCI] | 4 |
| ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
| MATH 140 [QUAN] or 171 [QUAN] | 4 |
| NEUROSCI 138 | 1 |
| PSYCH 105 [SSCI] | 3 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| BIOLOGY 107 [BSCI] | 4 |
| CHEM 106 | 4 |
| Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
| HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
| Second Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| BIOLOGY 106 | 4 |
| CHEM 345 | 4 |
| Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG] | 3 |
| PHYSICS 101 or 201 | 4 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
| NEUROSCI 301 | 3 |
| PHYSICS 102 or 202 | 4 |
| Neuroscience Electives1 | 5 |
| Complete Writing Portfolio | |
| Third Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| Behavior Course2 | 3 |
| MBIOS 303 | 4 |
| Statistics 3 | 4 |
| Neuroscience Electives1 | 4 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
| NEUROSCI 404 | 4 |
| Electives 4 | 9 |
| Fourth Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| NEUROSCI 430 [M] | 4 |
| Electives 4 | 11 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| NEUROSCI 403 [M] | 3 |
| NEUROSCI 490 [CAPS] | 3 |
| Electives 4 | 9 |
Footnotes
| 1 | Neuroscience Electives (9 credits): Approved courses include BIOLOGY 301, 315, 321, 340, 352, 353, 354, 438, 456; MATH 340; MBIOS 301, 304, 305, 401, 404, 413; NEUROSCI 305, 409, 425, 426; PHYSICS 466; PSYCH 265, 312, 333, 350, 361, 372, 384, 464, 470, 490, 491; VET PH 308. Other courses may be allowed by department consent. Please see your advisor. |
| 2 | Choose one course from: BIOLOGY 438, BIOLOGY 456, PSYCH 470, PSYCH 491, NEUROSCI 305, or NEUROSCI 409. |
| 3 | Choose one course from: MATH/STAT 212, MATH 360, MATH 370, STAT 412, or PSYCH 311. |
| 4 | Additional elective choices should include a minimum of 9 credits at the 300-400 level. |
- Neuroscience
Courses
- Neuroscience
Schedules of Studies
- Biomedical Business Option
- General Option
- Honors Accelerated Pre-Veterinary Option
- Pre-Professional Option
- Research Option
Minors
- Neuroscience
Certificates
- Business of Biomedicine