2021-2022 Pitzer Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Neuroscience Major


Requirements for the Major


  1. Common Core (5 courses)
  1. Common Core Electives (3 courses): Choose any 3 courses from the following:
  1. Course Elective Specializations
    1. A coherent grouping of four elective courses to be determined in consultation with an adviser in Neuroscience and approved by the Coordinator of the Intercollegiate Neuroscience Program. Areas in which a student may elect to specialize include, but are not limited to,
      • Behavioral Neuroscience,
      • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,
      • Clinical Neuroscience
      • Cognitive Neuroscience,
      • Computational Neuroscience,
      • Motor Control or
      • Neuropharmacology,
      • Philosophy of Neuroscience,
      • Developmental Neuroscience

Students studying abroad are allowed to use a maximum of two courses towards their course elective specialization.

  1. Senior Thesis (one or two courses)
    1. A one- or two-semester Senior Thesis on a topic related to the student’s selected Neuroscience Sequence.

Please visit our website at neuro.kecksci.claremont.edu for more information on the neurosciecne programs at the Claremont Colleges.