Departments & Programs
Neuroscience Program
Minor in Neuroscience Requirements
Minor in Neuroscience
The School of Science offers a minor in the field of neuroscience. Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field, encompassing biology, chemistry, mathematics and psychology, as well as other disciplines. Students majoring in one of these areas may have a strong interest in neuroscience, but prefer to major in one of the specific disciplines.
Due to its interdisciplinary nature, a minor in neuroscience intentionally and transparently links different disciplines together. The minor will allow students to understand, apply and analyze the connections among disciplines. These abilities will help them apply their life sciences learning to the rest of their education, and better prepare them for graduate and/or professional studies in this new and expanding field.
Minor Requirements
The minor requires 15 credit hours (5 courses):
Core Courses
- NSCI-B 201 Foundations of Neuroscience (3 cr.) P: PSY-B 110 or BIOL-K 101
- NSCI-B 301 Systems Neuroscience (3 cr.) P: NSCI-B 201
- NSCI-K 416 / BIOL-K 416 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3 cr.) P: BIOL-K 324
2 Neuroscience elective courses:
One course from the Biology Elective Course List (3 cr.)
- BIOL-K 322 Genetics and Molecular Biology P: BIOL-K 103 & CHEM-C 106 (This course is strongly recommended, as it serves as a prerequisite for other higher-level electives and generally is required for admission to graduate and professional programs.)
- BIOL-K 331 Developmental Biology P: BIOL-K 103 & BIOL-K 322
- BIOL-K 338 Introductory Immunology P: BIOL-K 103 & CHEM-C 106
- BIOL-K 384 Cellular Biochemistry P: CHEM-C 341 and BIOL-K 324 or BIOL-K 322
- BIOL-K 417 Neuroanatomy P: BIOL-K 416 or PSY-B 301
- BIOL-K 451 Neuropharmacology P: BIOL-K 324
- BIOL-K 483 Biological Chemistry P: CHEM-C 342
- NSCI-I 559 / BIOL-I 559 Endocrinology P: BIOL-I 556 or equivalent & CHEM-C 342
- BIOL-I 568 Regenerative Biology and Medicine P: BIOL-K 324 or BIOL-K 331 or a biochemistry course
- NSCI-I 571 / BIOL-I 571 Developmental Neurobiology P: consent of instructor (Not offered every semester.)
One course from the Psychology Elective Course List (3 cr.)
- PSY-B 334 Perception P: see below*
- PSY-B 340 Cognition P: PSY-B 110
- PSY-B 344 Learning P: see below*
- PSY-B 356 Motivation P: see below*
- PSY-B 365 Health Psychology P: see below*
- PSY-B 380 Abnormal Psychology P: see below*
- NSCI-B 394 / PSY-B 394 Drugs and Behavior P: see below*
- PSY-I 535 Developmental Neuroscience
- NSCI-I 545 / PSY-I 545 Psychopharmacology**
- NSCI-I 560 / PSY-I 560 Behavioral Genetics*
- * P: Three (3) credit hours of introductory psychology
- ** Requires permission of instructor
Apply for a minor
To qualify for minor certification, students must complete the online form. For more information on the Neuroscience program, please contact Cynthia Williams, neuroscience advisor, or call the science peer advisors at 317-274-6765.
