Neuroscience Major

Major Requirements

Introductory Biology (two semesters of BIOL 043L KS -BIOL 044L KS or BIOL 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 042L KS .
NEUR 095L JT -Foundations of Neuroscience or approved substitute.
NEUR148L KS - Neuroscience 1: Cell, Molecular
NEUR149 KS- Neuroscience 2: Systems

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: NEU133L KS, PHYS 100 KS , or approved equivalent course.
Research Methods: (PSYC 092 PZ , PSYC 104 SC /PSYC 104L SC , PSYC 110 CM ), or approved equivalent course.

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.

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.
  - NEUR188L KS and NEUR190L KS, two-semester thesis; or
  - NEUR191 KS, one-semester thesis or equivalent for dual majors

Neuroscience