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Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience Major
B.S. degree

This major integrates courses from four departments: biology, chemistry, health promotion and rehabilitation, and psychology. The major is designed to provide students with the requisite academic background, technical skills, and hands-on research experience to successfully compete for either neuroscience-related jobs in the private and public sectors or for admission to graduate or professional schools. The major consists of 27 credit hours of required courses and 12 credit hours of electives from courses in biology, health promotion and rehabilitation, and/or psychology. In addition, a minimum of 12 credit hours of chemistry will be required.

Required Courses (27 hours):
BIO 101 (3) General Biology
BIO 392 (4) Mammalian Physiology
BIO 591 (3) Neurophysiology
BIO 487 (2) Neuroscience Seminar (two semesters, for a maximum of two credits) 
OR PSY 487 (2) Neuroscience Seminar (two semesters, for a maximum of two credits)
PSY 100 (3) Introduction to Psychology
PSY 387 (3) Behavioral Neuroscience
PSY 588 (3) Functional Neuroanatomy
PSY 211 (3) Introduction to Psychological Statistics 
OR BIO 500 (3) Biological Statistics 
OR HSC 544 (3) Biostatistics
PSY 496 (3) Directed Research 
OR BIO 403 (3) Undergraduate Research

Electives (12 hours): Six hours from Group A and six hours from Group B below, selected in consultation with and the approval of your advisor.
Group A
HSC 214 (3) Human Anatomy
BIO 218 (3) General Zoology
BIO 324 (3) Cell Biology
BIO 326 (4) Genetics
BIO 337 (4) Comparative Anatomy
BIO 534 (3) Endocrinology
BIO 552 (4) Transmission Electron Microscope Technique
BIO 554 (4) Scanning Electron Microscope Technique

Group B
HSC 235 (3) Psychoactive Drugs
PSY 382 (3) Perception
PSY 383 (3) Learning and Memory
PSY 384 (3) Behavior Analysis
BIO 518 (3) Animal Behavior
PSY 585 (3) Psychophysiology
PSY 587 (3) Physiological Psychology
HSC 597 (3) Physiological Responses to Abused Substances

Additional Requirements (12-23 hours)
Students must take one of the following sequences:
CHM 120 (4) Survey of Chemistry 
AND CHM 127 (1) Introductory Chemistry Laboratory 
OR CHM 131 (4) Introduction to Chemistry I 
AND CHM 132 (4) Introduction to Chemistry II 
OR CHM 161 (5) Principles of Chemistry  
AND CHM 211 (4) Quantitative Analysis
Plus one of these:
CHM 342 (4) Survey of Organic Chemistry 
OR CHM 345 (3) Organic Chemistry I 
AND CHM 346 (3) Organic Chemistry II 
AND CHM 349 (2) Introduction to Organic Chemistry Lab
Plus one of these:
CHM 421 (3) Survey of Biochemistry 
OR CHM 425 (3) Introduction to Biochemistry 
OR CHM 521 (3) Biochemistry I 
AND CHM 522 (3) Biochemistry II

Total: 51-62 semester hours
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