Neuroscience Concentration

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Neuroscience

Chair(s):

Jerod Weinman

Faculty:

John Fennell
Mark Levandoski
Clark Lindgren
Joseph Neisser
Tammy Nyden
Nancy Rempel-Clower
Andrea Tracy

The neuroscience concentration exposes students to the major problems in the field and gives them some experience in the various modes of inquiry used to solve these problems. The concentration provides students a unique opportunity to integrate diverse approaches and principles from across the natural sciences and beyond the natural sciences to address complex questions about the function of the nervous system.

Required 24 credits as follows:

1. 8 credits: two 4-credit introductory science courses with a laboratory, from two departments.

BIO 150 - Introduction to Biological Inquiry 4 credits
CHM 129 - General Chemistry 4 credits
CHM 210 - Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry 4 credits
CSC 151 - Functional Problem Solving 4 credits
ENV 125 - Introduction to Earth Systems Science with Lab 4 credits
PHY 109 - Physics in the Arts 4 credits
PHY 131 - General Physics I 4 credits or PHY 132 - General Physics II
PSY 113 - Introduction to Psychology 4 credits

2. 4 credits:

NRS 250 - Neuroscience: Foundations, Future, and Fallacies 4 credits

3. Science elective: 4 credits

4 credits, chosen from:

BIO 350 - Animal Development 4 credits
BIO 355 - Developmental Genetics 4 credits
BIO 363 - Neurobiology 4 credits
BIO 364 - Animal Physiology 4 credits
CHM 332 - Biophysical Chemistry 4 credits
CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence 4 credits
MAT 306 - Mathematical Modeling 4 credits
MAT 309 - Design and Analysis of Experiments 4 credits
MAT 310 - Statistical Modeling 4 credits
PSY 335 - Psychology of Motivation 4 credits
PSY 336 - Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience 4 credits
PSY 360 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology 4 credits

4. Cross-divisional elective: 4 credits

4 credits, chosen from one of the following content areas:

5. Senior Seminar: 4 credits

The student will be expected to integrate the material of this elective in a project in the Neuroscience Seminar and to demonstrate knowledge gained in this course during discussions.