The Neuroscience Minor requires 47 credits as follows:

  • Core Courses (20 credits required):
  • BIOL 125: Genes, Evolution & Development & Lab
  • NEUR 127: Foundations in Neuroscience and Lab
  • NEUR 238: Neurons, Circuits and Behavior
  • NEUR 239: Neurons, Circuits and Behavior Lab

The BIOL 125 requirement is waived if a student received a score of 5 on the AP Biology Exam or a higher level IB exam score of 6 or 7.

  • Capstone (3 credits required):
  • NEUR 395: Neuroscience Capstone Seminar
  • Electives (24 credits required from the list below): 
    • A single course may fulfill more than one requirement, for example Biology 332 would fulfill both the 300 level and the Biology requirement
    • At least 6 credits from Biology
    • At least 6 credits from Psychology
    • At least 6 credits at 300 level
  • BIOL 240: Genetics
  • BIOL 248: Behavioral Ecology · not offered in 2024-25
  • BIOL 272: Integrative Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 280: Cell Biology
  • BIOL 281: Cell Biology Laboratory
  • BIOL 332: Human Physiology
  • BIOL 333: Human Physiology Laboratory
  • BIOL 356: Seminar: Topics in Developmental Biology · not offered in 2024-25
  • BIOL 365: Seminar: Topics in Neuroscience
  • BIOL 368: Seminar: Developmental Neurobiology · not offered in 2024-25
  • BIOL 379: Seminar: Behavioral Genetics · not offered in 2024-25
  • BIOL 386: Neurobiology · not offered in 2024-25
  • CS 254: Computability and Complexity
  • CS 321: Making Decisions with Artificial Intelligence
  • MUSC 227: Perception and Cognition of Music
  • MUSC 228: Perception and Cognition of Music Lab
  • NEUR 394: Directed Research in Neuroscience
  • PHIL 225: Philosophy of Mind · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 210: Psychology of Learning and Memory
  • PSYC 211: Laboratory Research Methods in Learning and Memory
  • PSYC 216: Behavioral Neuroscience
  • PSYC 217: Laboratory Research Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • PSYC 218: Hormones, Brain, and Behavior · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 219: Laboratory Research Methods in Hormones, Brain, and Behavior · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 220: Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 254: Psychopathology · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 260: Health Psychology
  • PSYC 263: Sleep and Dreaming
  • PSYC 267: Clinical Neuroscience · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 318: Psychopharmacology
  • PSYC 366: Cognitive Neuroscience · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 367: Neuropsychology of Aging
  • PSYC 370: Behavioral Neuroimmunology
  • PSYC 371: Evolutionary and Developmental Trends in Cognition · not offered in 2024-25
  • PSYC 379: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · not offered in 2024-25