Neuroscience | 乐播传媒

Program of Study

Students who wish to declare a neuroscience major should notify the Office of Records and Registration.

PSYCH 101: Introduction to Psychological Science with a C or higher is a pre-requisite for all psychology courses.

To qualify for PSYCH 300: Statistics for the Social Sciences, students must have completed MATH 135 with a C or higher.

To qualify for PSYCH 301: Research Methods, students must have completed PSYCH 290 with a C or higher OR BIOL 255 with a C or higher, and PSYCH 300 with a C or higher.

Graduation with a B.S. in neuroscience requires a grade of C or higher in every course required for the major.

Transfer students who wish to obtain a B.S. degree in neuroscience from Saint Xavier University must pass at least five 300-level major courses at 乐播传媒 with a grade of C or higher.

Students wishing to also major in Psychology must also complete a minimum of 15 distinct credit hours in Psychology.

Students wishing to minor in Psychology must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours in Psychology distinct from the Psychology courses taken to complete the Neuroscience major.

Students wishing to minor in Biology must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours in Biology distinct from the Biology courses taken to complete the Neuroscience major.

Neuroscience Major (B.S.)

B.S. degree requires the completion of the general education program and 68-71 credit hours to fulfill the Neuroscience degree.

Foundational Courses (9 courses; 33 credits)

BIOL 111: General Biology I (4), BIOLB-111
BIOL 112: General Biology II (4), BIOLB-112
CHEM 111: General Chemistry I (4), CHEML 111
CHEM 112: General Chemistry II (4), CHEML 112
CHEM 209: Survey of Organic Chemistry with Biological Application (4), CHEML 209 (Note: CHEM 251: Organic Chemistry I, CHEML 251: Organic Chemistry I Lab, accepted as an alternative)
MATH 112: College Algebra (3)
MATH 113: Trigonometry (3)
MATH 135: Introduction to Statistics (4)
PSYCH 101: Introduction to Psychological Science (3)

Neuroscience Core: (3 courses; 10 credits)

PSYCH 311: Physiological Psychology (3)
PSYCH 379: Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
BIOL 341: Neuroscience (4)

Research Core: (3 courses; 10 credits)

BIOL 255: Science Research and Writing Methods Seminar (3) OR *PSYCH 290: Writing in Psychology (3) *requires PSYCH 102 as a prerequisite
PSYCH 300: Statistics for the Social Sciences (3)
PSYCH 301: Research Methods (4)

Capstone: (1 course; 2-3 credits)

PSYCH 390: Research Capstone (3)
BIOL 351: Lab and Field Research I (1) AND BIOL 352: Lab and Field Research II (1)

Biological Domain (1 course; 4 credits)

BIOL 202: Human Anatomy; BIOLB 202 (4)
BIOL 220: Human and Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates; BIOLB 220 (4)

Cognitive Domain: (1 course; 3 credits)

PSYCH 312 Sensation and Perception (3)
PSYCH 313 Learning and Memory (3)
PSYCH 315 Cognitive Psychology (3)
PSYCH 334 Attention and Memory (3)

Electives: (2 courses, can also be from unused Cognitive Domain courses; 6-8 credits)

BIOL 203: Human Physiology (4) *requires BIOL 202 as prerequisite.
BIOL 240: Developmental Biology (4)
BIOL 320: Human and Comparative Physiology (4), BIOLB 320 *requires BIOL 220 as prerequisite.
BIOL 305: Cell Biology (4), BIOLB 305 (0)
BIOL 300: Genetics (4), BIOLB 300 (0)
BIOL 301: Genome Biology (4), BIOLB 301 (0)
BIOL 329/PSYCH 319: Hormones and Behavior (3)
CSDI 206: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism (4)
CSDI 309: Neuroscience of Communication (3) *requires CSDI 206 as prerequisite.
BIOL 302: Molecular Biology Techniques (3)
BIOL 310: Animal Behavior (4), BIOLB 310 (0)
*Special Topics or Independent Study courses may be approved on a per-case basis