General College Requirements

General College requirements.

• Must include CHEM 101 or CHEM 106 or CHEM 105 (no longer offered). CHEM 106 is strongly recommended. (Meets Core Curriculum requirement Natural Sciences with Laboratory.)
• Must take PSYC 101 (Meets Core Curriculum requirement in Social Sciences.)

Major Discipline of Study

All requirements in a major discipline of study.

Course Requirements

At least 18 credit hours in courses approved for the neurosciences, with a grade of C or above, including:

Required courses: six credit hours

• NEUR 201: Introduction to the Neurosciences (4S)
• NEUR 301: Seminar in the Neurosciences (1E)
• NEUR 303: Advanced Seminar in the Neurosciences(1E)

Elective courses

12 credit hours of upper-level elective credits selected from the following list. Electives must originate from at least two disciplines (BIOL, CHEM, NEUR, PSYC).

• BIOL 305: Animal Behavior
• BIOL 330: Human Anatomy and Physiology
• BIOL 387: Sensory Biology
• BIOL 419: Neurobiology
• BIOL 436: Comparative Animal Physiology
• BIOL 438: Cancer Cell Biology
• CHEM 420: Biochemistry I
• CHEM 425/BIOL 425: Biochemistry II
• NEUR 302: Directed Research in the Neurosciences
• PHIL382: Meditation and the Mind
• PSYC 312: Sensation and Perception OR PSYC 326: Perception with Laboratory
• PSYC 314: Drugs, Brains, and Behavior
• PSYC 322/422: Biological Psychology
• Upper-level Special Topics Courses in Biology, Chemistry, or Psychology, or other disciplines, specifically approved for the Neurosciences

A completed neuroscience St. Mary’s Project or neuroscience internship may be substituted for NEUR 302 with approval of the Coordinator.