Coursework

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. A list of the Neuroscience Electives is at the end of this page.

Semester One Credits
BSCI 10120 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 4
CHEM 10060 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I 4
CHEM 10062 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY 1
MATH 11010 ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS 3
NEUR 10100 SEMINAR IN NEUROSCIENCE 1
US 10097 DKS: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES 1
  Credit Hours 14
Semester Two
BSCI 30140 CELL BIOLOGY 4
CHEM 10061 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II 4
CHEM 10062 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY 1
PSYC 11762 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 3
Kent Core Requirement 3
  Credit Hours 15
Semester Three
BSCI 30156 ELEMENTS OF GENETICS 3
NEUR 30100 NEUROSCIENCE I 3
PSYC 21621 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY I 3
Foreign Language Requirement 4
Kent Core Requirement 3
  Credit Hours 16
Semester Four
NEUR 30200 NEUROSCIENCE II 3
NEUR 30300 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE 1
PSYC 31574 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY 3
Foreign Language Requirement 4
Kent Core Requirement 3
  Credit Hours 14
Semester Five
Neuroscience Electives 9
Kent Core Requirement 3
Kent Core Requirement 3
  Credit Hours 15
Semester Six
BSCI 40600 WRITING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1
   or PSYC 41980 RESEARCH WRITING IN PSYCHOLOGY  
   or PSYC 41990 WRITING IN PSYCHOLOGY  
Neuroscience Electives 9
General Elective 3
Kent Core Requirement 3
  Credit Hours 16
Semester Seven
Neuroscience Electives 6
General Electives 9
  Credit Hours 15
Semester Eight
Neuroscience Elective 3
General Electives 12
  Credit Hours 15
  Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120

 

Neuroscience Electives

  • BSCI 40147 – DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY
  • BSCI 40152 – MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • BSCI 40157 – NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ADDICTION
  • BSCI 40158 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • BSCI 40159 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
  • BSCI 40431 – NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
  • BSCI 40432 – ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • BSCI 40450 – BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS
  • BSCI 40460 – ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
  • BSCI 40462 – ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES
  • BSCI 40515 – ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
  • BSCI 40519 – HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
  • NEUR 40192 – INTERNSHIP IN NEUROSCIENCE
  • NEUR 40195 – SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE
  • NEUR 40196 – INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN NEUROSCIENCE
  • PSYC 31634 – ANIMAL COGNITION
  • PSYC 40111 – ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • PSYC 40383 – INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • PSYC 40446 – COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
  • PSYC 41043 – BASIC LEARNING PROCESSES
  • PSYC 43001 – CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY
  • PSYC 43002 – CURRENT TECHNIQUES IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
  • PSYC 43003 – NEURAL MECHANISMS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
  • PSYC 47387 – NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY