Neuroscience Concentration, BA (Interdisciplinary Programs Major)

Rebecca Prosser, Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chair

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Prerequisites

Neuroscience Concentration

The concentration consists of 30 hours. Some courses may require prerequisites or corequisites that are not part of the neuroscience concentration.

I. Neuroscience Core

Complete 11 hours:

BCMB 415 - Foundations in Neurobiology
INPG 200 - Introductory Interdisciplinary Topics (one offering for 1 hour)
INPG 400 - Advanced Interdisciplinary Topics (complete 4 hours: one offering for 2 hours; second offering for 2 additional hours)
PHIL 345 - Bioethics *

II. Laboratory Experience

Select 4 hours:

BCMB 416 - Neurobiology Laboratory
BCMB 452 - Independent Research in BCMB
COSC 493 - Independent Study
EEB 400 - Undergraduate Research
EEB 459 - Comparative Animal Behavior Laboratory
INPG 493 - Independent Study
MSE 494 - Special Project Laboratory
PSYC 493 - Independent Study
or other independent research course with approval of Program Chair

III. Remaining Hours

Select 15 hours:

At most 9 hours may be taken from a single list. Courses must be distributed across 2 or more departments.

A. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience:

B. Integrative Neuroscience:

C. Computational and Materials Neuroscience:

Neuroscience Honors Concentration

Neuroscience students may elect to pursue the Honors Neuroscience Concentration by submitting an Honors Neuroscience application to the Neuroscience Program chair. Students pursuing the Honors Neuroscience Concentration must complete an honors thesis under the guidance of a faculty member, and this faculty member must endorse a student’s application to the Honors Neuroscience program.

The degree requirements for the Honors Neuroscience Concentration are those for the regular Neuroscience Concentration with the following modifications:

Before applying to the Honors Neuroscience program, students must complete BIOL 130 , BIOL 140 , PSYC 110 , and PSYC 210 with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher in these four courses.
Before applying to the Honors Neuroscience program, students must have an overall GPA of 3.25 or higher. Students must have an overall GPA of 3.25 or higher at graduation.
12 hours of courses drawn from the Neuroscience Core (Roman Numeral I) and/or Electives (Roman Numeral III) must be completed as Honors-by-contract courses, and a grade of B or higher must be earned in courses used to satisfy this requirement. As part of the Honors Program application, students will be asked to identify the courses that they intend to complete as Honors-by-contract courses.
1 hour of INPG 497 must be completed with a grade of B or higher. This course may be applied to the Neuroscience Laboratory Experience (Roman Numeral II). Students complete this course by completing an honors thesis that is approved by a faculty mentor. The approved honors thesis must be submitted to the Program Chair no later than the first day of finals week of the semester of intended graduation.

Undergraduates

Graduate Students