Neuroscience Major

Requirements for the Major

1. Common Core (5 courses)

• Introductory Biology (two semesters of BIOL 043L KS -BIOL 044L KS  or BIOL 040L KS  and BIOL 044L KS , orBIOL 042L KS   and BIOL 044L KS .
• Basic Principles of Chemistry (two semesters of CHEM 014L KS -CHEM 015L KS  (or CHEM 029L KS ), or CHEM 040L KS  and CHEM 015L KS ,  or CHEM 042L KS .
• NEUR 095 JT -Foundations of Neuroscience  or approved substitute.
• BIOL 148L KS -Neuroscience 1: Cell, Molecular   
• BIOL 149 KS -Neuroscience 2: Systems  .

2. Common Core Electives (3 courses): Choose any 3 courses from the following:

• General Physics for the Life Sciences: (two semesters of PHYS 030L KS -PHYS 031L KS  or PHYS 033L KS -PHYS 034L KS .
• Mathematics: MATH 031 PZ , BIOL 175 KS -Applied Biostatistics  or PSYC 091 PZ , PSYC 103 SC  or PSYC 109 CM  ), or approved equivalent course.
• Computer science: BIOL 133L KS , PHYS 100 KS , or approved equivalent course.
• Research Methods: (PSYC 092 PZ , PSYC 104 SC /PSYC 104L SC , PSYC 110 CM , PSYC 111L CM ),or approved equivalent course.

3. 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.

3. 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.
      • BIOL 188L KS  and BIOL 190L KS , two-semester thesis; or
      • BIOL 191 KS , one-semester thesis or equivalent for dual majors

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