Undergraduate Curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.
| Bachelor of Science: Core Requirements | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| BISC 220L or BISC 221L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or Advanced General Biology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLg or CHEM 115aLg | General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 105bLg or CHEM 115bL | General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 322aL | Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 322bL | Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus | 4 |
| MATH 265 | Mathematical and Computational Methods for Neuroscience | 4 |
| PHYS 135aL or PHYS 151 | Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 135bL or PHYS 152 | Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics II | 4 |
| PSYC 100 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 274* | Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC 440 | Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience | 4 |
| BISC 421 | Neurobiology | 4 |
| NEUR 408 | Systems Neuroscience | 4 |
(14 core +5 elective; 76 units)
Five (4-unit)upper-division elective courses from the list below are required. At least one course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be 490. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement.
Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.
| Bachelor of Arts: Core Requirements | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| BISC 220L or BISC 221L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or Advanced General Biology | 4 |
| CHEM 103Lx or CHEM 105Lg | General Chemistry for the Environment & Life or General Chemistry | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus | 4 |
| PSYC 100 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC 274* | Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC 440 | Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience | 4 |
| BISC 421 | Neurobiology | 4 |
| NEUR 408 | Systems Neuroscience | 4 |
*An equivalent course may be substituted with permission.
(8 core + 4 elective; 48 units)
Four (4-unit) upper-division elective courses from the list below are required. At least one course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be NEUR 490. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement.
Minor in Neuroscience
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.
| Minor in Neuroscience: Core Requirements | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC 274* | Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC 440*** | Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience | 4 |
| BISC 421** | Neurobiology | 4 |
| NEUR 408** | Systems Neuroscience | 4 |
| Elect. 300-400 | A 300 or 400 level course from the elective list for majors | 4 |
*An equivalent course may be substituted with permission.
**Prerequisite: BISC-220 or BISC-221
***Prerequisite: PSYC-100
Recommended but not required: CHEM 103Lx (or CHEM 105La) plus MATH 125.
Students who have not already taken the pre-requisites (BISC-220/BISC-221 and PSYC-100) will need to take a total of 28 units to satisfy the requirements of a Minor in Neuroscience. Thus, the range of units will vary from 20 to 28 depending on a student’s background.
Elective Courses
| Electives | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 306 | Primate Social Behavior | 4 |
| BISC 307L | General Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 313 | Evolution & Population Genetics | 4 |
| BISC 320L | Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BISC 325 | Genetics | 4 |
| BISC 330L | Biochemistry | 4 |
| BISC 403 | Advanced Molecular Biology to Medicine | 4 |
| BISC 406L | Biotechnology | 4 |
| BISC 410 | Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine | 4 |
| BISC 411 | Cell Biology | 4 |
| BISC 422L | Neurobiology Laboratory | 4 |
| BISC 423 | Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of Neurological Disorders | 4 |
| BISC 424 | Brain Architecture | 4 |
| BISC 426 | Principles of Neural Development | 4 |
| BISC 462 | Seminar in Neurobiology | 2 |
| BISC 480 | Developmental Biology | 4 |
| MATH 265* | Mathematical and Computational Methods for Neuroscience | 4 |
| NEUR 490x | Directed Research | 4 |
| PSYC 301 | Cognitive Processes | 4 |
| PSYC 304 | Sensation and Perception | 4 |
| PSYC 305 | Learning and Memory | 4 |
| PSYC 320 | Principles of Psychobiology | 4 |
| PSYC 326 | Behavioral Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSYC 339 | Origins of Mind | 4 |
| PSYC 404 | Psychophysiology of Emotion | 4 |
| PSYC 420 | Animal Behavior | 4 |
| PSYC 424 | Neuropsychology | 4 |
| PSYC 425 | Functional Imaging of the Human Brain | 4 |
| PSYC 426 | Motivated Behaviors | 4 |
| PSYC 438 | Behavioral Genetics | 4 |
| PSYC 450L | Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive Processes | 4 |
| BME 402 | Control & Communication in the Nervous System | 3 |
| CSCI 460 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| GERO 414 | Neurobiology of Aging | 4 |
| GERO 415 | Neuroaffective Disorders Aging | 4 |
* Only an elective for BA and Minor.
A graduate class from the following list can be substituted for an upper-division elective with permission.
| Units | ||
|---|---|---|
| BME 575* | Computational Neuroengineering | 3 |
| CSCI 564* | Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| NEUR 524* | Advanced Neurosciences I | 4 |
| NEUR 531* | Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology | 3 |
| NEUR 532* | Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology | 3 |
| PSYC 506* | Learning and Cognition | 4 |
| PSYC 510* | Visual Cognition | 4 |
| PSYC 540* | Cognitive Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSYC 544* | Psychophysiology | 4 |
| PSYC 545* | Neuropsychology | 4 |
| PSYC 547* | Functional Neuroanatomy | 4 |
| PSYC 551* | Decision Neuroscience | 4 |
*with minimum GPA of 3.3 and permission of co-directors and instructor.
