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Catalog 2021-2022

Study of the Mind/Neuroscience

Catalog Year: 2021-2022

Teaching Faculty

Professors Bonebright, Caro, Ferrer, Goadrich, Penner, and Peszka

Associate Professors Dow (chair), and Murray

Assistant Professor Merrick听
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Description

Note:

Students with a major in The Study of the Mind cannot minor in Neuroscience.

Major in The Study of the Mind

12 courses distributed as follows:

  • BIOL 150 Fundamentals of Cellular Life (w/Lab)
  • CSCI 150听 Foundations of Computer Science (w/Lab)
  • PSYC 220 Brain and Behavior听
  • 1 of the following statistics courses听
    • BUSI 250 Principles of Statistics
    • MATH 215 IntroductoryStatistics
    • PSYC 290 Statistics听
    • SOCI 210 Social Statistics 听
  • PHIL 350 Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 390 Philosophy of Mind
  • BIOL 325听 Neurobiology (w/Lab)
  • MIND 497听 Study of the Mind Senior Capstone
  • 4 electives chosen from the following list so that
    • no more than 2 can be from the same discipline as identified by the 4 letter course code
    • at least 2 at the 300-level or above
      听 听 听 BIOL 250 Genetics (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 BIOL/PSYC 300 Comparative Animal Behavior (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 BIOL 310 Developmental Biology (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 BIOL 320 Animal Physiology (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 BIOL 355 Eukaryotic Cell Biology
      听 听 听 BIOL 430 Immunology (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 BIOL 470 Molecular Genetics (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 CHEM 110 Gen Chem I: Struct & Prop (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 CHEM 330 Biological Chemistry (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 CSCI 151 Data Structures (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 CSCI 235 Intelligent Robotics
      听 听 听 CSCI 270 Computational Humanities
      听 听 听 CSCI 285 Scientific Computing
      听 听 听 CSCI 335 Artificial Intelligence
      听 听 听 PHIL 235 Philosophy of Cognitive Science
      听 听 听 PHIL 245 Logic
      听 听 听 PHIL 280 Free Will, Agents and Intentions
      听 听 听 PHIL 420 Neurophilosophy
      听 听 听 PSYC 295 Research Methods (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 PSYC 310 Social Neuroscience (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 PSYC 320 Cognitive Psychology (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 PSYC 335 Sensation and Perception
      听 听 听 PSYC 355 Evolutionary Psychology
      听 听 听 PSYC 360 Behavioral Neuroscience (w/Lab)
      听 听 听 RELI 350 Embodied Mind, Language & Religion

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Senior Capstone Experience

In the spring of their senior year, Study of the Mind majors will take MIND 497: Study of the Mind Senior Capstone.

Minor in Neuroscience

6 courses distributed as follows:

  • BIOL 150 Fundamentals of Cellular Life (w/Lab)
  • PSYC 220 Brain and Behavior
  • BIOL 325听 Neurobiology (w/Lab)
  • PHIL 390 Philosophy of Mind
  • 2 electives chosen from the following list from 2 different disciplines as identified by the 4 letter course code
    听听听听听 BIOL/PSYC 300 Comparative Animal Behavior听
    听 听 听 BIOL 320听 Animal Physiology (w/Lab)
    听 听 听 PHIL 235 Philosophy of Cognitive Science
    听 听 听 PHIL 350 Philosophy of Science
    听听听听听 PHIL 420 Neurophilosophy
    听 听 听 PSYC 310听 Social Neuroscience听 (w/Lab)
    听 听 听 PSYC 335 Sensation and Perception
    听 听 听 PSYC 360 Behavioral Neuroscience 听听

Program Course Listings

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

Study of the Mind Courses

MIND 497

Study of the Mind Senior Seminar

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