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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

For students in Accelerated 3+programs with RFUMS or the combined program in Occupational Therapy, please refer to the curriculum in these concentrations for changes in the core and elective requirements.

​Core Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
BIO 191GENERAL BIOLOGY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
BIO 192GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
BIO 193GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
CHE 130
CHE 131
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY
4
CHE 132
CHE 133
GENERAL CHEMISTRY II
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II
4
CHE 134
CHE 135
GENERAL CHEMISTRY III
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III
4
PSY 105INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY I4
PSY 106INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY II4
NEU 201INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE4
NEU 202ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS4
NEU 280RESEARCH METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE4
NEU 390NEUROSCIENCE CAPSTONE4
Select one of the following:4
BIO 206
BIOSTATISTICS
PSY 240
STATISTICS I
IT 223
DATA ANALYSIS
MAT 242
ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS

Major Electives (does not apply to Pre-Health Concentration students)

Choose between 6 to 9 major electives (24 to 36 quarter hours) depending on the selected concentration.  Please refer to concentration page for required number of major electives.  If a course is listed as a concentration requirement, it cannot double count as a major elective as well. 

Course Title Quarter Hours
NEU 228NEUROETHICS4
NEU 256INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE4
NEU 310SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY4
NEU 339CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY4
or BIO 339 CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
NEU 350SENSORY NEUROSCIENCE4
NEU 351NEUROSCIENCE OF MOVEMENT4
NEU 360CONVERSATIONS WITH NEUROSCIENTISTS4
NEU 380SPECIAL TOPIC IN NEUROSCIENCE4
NEU 399INDEPENDENT STUDY IN NEUROSCIENCE2-4
BIO 201HUMAN ANATOMY4
BIO 210MICROBIOLOGY4
BIO 220BIOTECHNOLOGY4
BIO 250CELL BIOLOGY4
BIO 260GENETICS4
BIO 301ANIMAL BEHAVIOR4
BIO 307ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY4
or BIO 308 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
or HLTH 301 INTEGRATED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-A
BIO 330DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY4
BIO 340BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE4
BIO 341TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY4
BIO 342COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE4
or PSY 379 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
BIO 360MOLECULAR BIOLOGY4
BIO 375INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY4
or HLTH 375 INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
BIO 386ENDOCRINOLOGY4
CHE 230
CHE 231
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I
4
CHE 232
CHE 233
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II
4
CHE 234
CHE 235
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III
4
CHE 340
CHE 341
BIOCHEMISTRY I
and EXPERIMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY I
4
CSC 241INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I4
CSC 250COMPUTERS AND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE4
CSC 381INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING4
DSC 341FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE4
HLTH 302INTEGRATED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-B4
PHY 150GENERAL PHYSICS I4
or PHY 170 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I
PHY 151GENERAL PHYSICS II4
or PHY 171 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II
PHY 152GENERAL PHYSICS III4
or PHY 172 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III
PSY 303HUMAN DEVELOPMENT4
PSY 348SOCIAL COGNITION4
PSY 353INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SCIENCE
PSY 364HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY4
PSY 366BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN4
PSY 370SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT4

For students interested in applying to professional health programs that require Anatomy and Physiology, we recommend choosing from the combination of BIO 201 and BIO 308 or HLTH 301 and HLTH 302.

Concentration Requirements

Students must also complete the requirements from one concentration: Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience; Cellular/Molecular Neuroscience; Computational Neuroscience; Integrative Neuroscience; Pre-Health.  Students are limited to only declaring one concentration.

Students are advised to talk with their advisor before double majoring because some major combinations are prohibited.  No more than 50% of the credits that apply to one major may be drawn from another major.

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