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2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Neuroscience (BS in Neuroscience)


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Required Credit Hours:


The Neuroscience major requires at least 24 credit hours in prerequisites and 27 credit hours in required and elective courses. 

Major Writing Requirement:


The major writing requirement is satisfied by achieving a C- in BIOL 460 (Title: Molecular Neuroscience), APSC 440 APSC 450 BIOL 433 , NSCI 451 , or NSCI 496 ; or by enrolling in NSCI 300  alone or in conjunction with designated elective courses (see description of NSCI 300 for list).  COLL 400 may be satisfied in Neuroscience by passing any elective course with that attribute or pairing NSCI 490 Capstone in Neuroscience with 3 credits of NSCI 400 taken with a single research mentor.  NSCI 490 may be combined with prior or concurrent NSCI 400 credits. 

Additional Requirements:


A major must also complete at least four additional courses. Majors must take one course from Group A: Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience electives and one course from Group B: Cell/Systems Neuroscience electives. The third elective must be selected from groups A, B, or C and the fourth elective may be from any of the four groups A, B, C, or D.
 

Group B: Cell/Systems Neuroscience


 

Group C: Research Methods in Neuroscience


 

Group D: Neuroscience-approved Electives


 

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