May 11 2010

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The curriculum for the Neuroscience Minor is designed to provide the opportunity for students to learn the fundamentals of the field using both didactic and practical approaches. While the program is housed in the Biology and Psychology Departments, the minor is intended to facilitate cross-disciplinary learning by offering electives from a variety of departments on campus. The requirements for the minor are most easily fulfilled by students majoring in Biology, Psychology, or Physics.  However, it is open to students interested in neuroscience from a variety of additional disciplines such as Anthropology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Discovery Informatics, and Philosophy.

The Neuroscience Minor Curriculum

In addition to the major requirements, a minimum of 18 credit hours will be necessary to complete a Minor in Neuroscience. Of these, 3-4 credit hours can be applied to fulfill the requirements of the student’s major.  A maximum of 24-26 credit hours may be required depending on the student’s major and the electives that are chosen. Students are required to take 2 core courses, the Neuroscience Seminar and complete a year of Research in Neuroscience.  In addition, students will be also have to take one Specialized Neuroscience Elective and two General Electives.

 

Required Core Courses (15 credit hours)

Neuroscience Courses

BIOL351/PSYC351 Principles of Neurobiology (fall)

BIOL352/PSYC352 Neurobiology and Behavior (spring)

BIOL447/PSYC447 Seminar in Neuroscience (spring)

Neuroscience Research Experience

BIOL448/PSYC448 Bachelor’s Essay in Neuroscience (fall/spring)

Specialized Neuroscience Electives (select 1 course)

 

PHYS296/BIOL396  Biophysical Modeling of Excitable Cells (fall)

PSYC386  Behavioral Pharmacology  (fall and spring)

PSYC387  Neuropsychology

BIOL/PSYC353  Hormones and Behavior (fall)

BIOL446/PSYC446  Special Topics in Neuroscience

General Electives (select 2 courses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two general electives must be taken outside the declared major in order to fulfill the interdisciplinary nature of the minor. At least one of these electives must be offered by the Biology or Psychology Department.

(*may also be used to fulfill the general education requirement)

Anthropology*

ANTH333 Human Evolution

ANTH334 Human Variation and Adaptation

ANTH335 Primate Behavior and Evolution

ANTH342 Human Behavior and Evolution

Biology

BIOL305 Genetics

BIOL312 Molecular Biology

BIOL313 Cell Biology

BIOL321 General & Comparative Physiology

BIOL322 Developmental Biology

BIOL343 Animal Behavior

Chemistry

CHEM351 Biochemistry

CHEM352 Biochemistry II

Computer Science

CSCI470 Principles of Artificial Intelligence

Discovery Informatics

DISC101 Introduction to Discovery Informatics

Philosophy*

PHIL170 Biomedical Ethics

PHIL204 Minds and Machines

PHIL260 Philosophy of Biology

PHIL265 Philosophy of Science

PHIL330 Philosophy of Mind

Physics

PHYS203 Physics and Medicine

PHYS230 Introduction to Modern Physics

PHYS270 Nanomedicine

PHYS320 Introduction to Electronics

PHYS340 Photonics

Psychology*

PSYC313 Sensation and Perception

PSYC215 Cognitive Psychology

PSYC307 Abnormal Psychology

PSYC318 Comparative Psychology

 

 

 

 

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