黑料不打烊

Catalog 2018-2019

Neuroscience

Catalog Year: 2018-2019

Teaching Faculty

Professors Bonebright, Ferrer, Penner, Peszka, and Schmidt
Associate Professors Dow (chair), Caro, Goadrich, and Murray
Assistant Professors Houck and Taylor

Description

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Neuroscience is a unique, interdisciplinary study of the development, organization, and function of the nervous system and its relationship to behavior and cognition in human and nonhuman animals. Because this requires an integration of knowledge from multiple levels of analysis, the neuroscience major at 黑料不打烊 offers an interdisciplinary approach calling on methodologies from biology, psychology, philosophy, chemistry, and computer science.听 Students are given the tools they need to pursue the study of neuroscience including foundational knowledge and the opportunity to pursue appropriate research experience in the field.听 The flexibility in electives allows students to focus on their own interests in biology, psychology, philosophy, and computer science, or even a unique interdisciplinary specialization. Working closely with their advisors, the neuroscience major prepares students with a competent interdisciplinary undergraduate foundation for graduate studies in a variety of fields.

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Major in Neuroscience

14 courses distributed as follows:

  • BIOL 150 Cell Biology
  • CHEM 110 General Chemistry I or CHEM 150 Accelerated General Chemistry
  • PSYC 220 Brain and Behavior
  • PSYC 290 Statistics
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    MATH 215 Statistical Analysis
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    BUSI 250 Principles of Statistics
  • PHIL 350 Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 390 Philosophy of Mind
  • BIOL 325 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • BIOL 425 Systems Neuroscience
  • NEUR 497 Neuroscience Senior Capstone
  • Five electives chosen from either group:

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Group A (no more than 2 courses):
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 250 Genetics
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CSCI 135 Robotics Explorations Studio
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CSCI 150 Foundations of Computer Science
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 MATH 130 Calculus I
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PHIL 245 Introduction to Logic
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 295 Research Methods

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Group B (up to 5 courses):
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听 BIOL/PSYC 300 Comparative Animal Behavior
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 310 Developmental Biology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 320 Animal Physiology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 355 Advanced Cell Biology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 430 Immunology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 BIOL 470 Advanced Genetics
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CHEM 330 Biological Chemistry
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CSCI 151 Data Structures and Object-Oriented Development
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CSCI 235 Intelligent Robotics
听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 CSCI 285听 Scientific Computing
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听CSCI 335 Artificial Intelligence
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听PHIL 235 Philosophy of Cognitive Science
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PHIL 280 Free Will, Agents, and Intentions
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PHIL 320 Human Nature
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PHIL 420 Neurophilosophy
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 280 Introduction to Psychopharmacology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 320 Cognitive Psychology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 335 Sensation and Perception
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 355 Evolutionary Psychology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 360 Behavioral Neuroscience
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PSYC 366 Behavioral Endocrinology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 RELI 358 Embodied Minds, Language, And Religion

Senior Capstone Experience

In the spring of their senior year, neuroscience majors will take NEUR 497: Neuroscience Senior Capstone.

Minor in Neuroscience

7 courses distributed as follows:

  • BIOL 150 Cell Biology (w/Lab)
  • PSYC 220 Brain and Behavior
  • BIOL 325 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • PHIL 390 Philosophy of Mind
  • Three electives chosen from the following:
    听听听听听 BIOL/PSYC 300 Comparative Animal Behavior
    听听听听听 BIOL 425 Systems Neuroscience
    听听听听听 CSCI 235 Intelligent Robotics
    听听听听听 CSCI 335 Artificial Intelligence
    听听听听听 PHIL 235 Philosophy of Cognitive Science
    听听听听听 PHIL 280 Free Will, Agents, and Intentions
    听听听听听 PHIL 320 Human Nature
    听听听听听 PHIL 350 Philosophy of Science
    听听听听听 PHIL 420 Neurophilosophy
    听听听听听 PSYC 280 Introduction to Psychopharmacology
    听听听听听 PSYC 335 Sensation and Perception
    听听听听听 PSYC 355 Evolutionary Psychology
    听听听听听 PSYC 360 Behavioral Neuroscience
    听听听听听 PSYC 366 Behavioral Endocrinology

Program Course Listings

The courses for this program are organized into the following categories:

Neuroscience Courses

NEUR 497

Neuroscience Senior Capstone

An advanced seminar in neuroscience for senior neuroscience majors only. Topics are chosen by the neuroscience faculty, and students have the opportunity to integrate and synthesize what they have learned in their neuroscience major.
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