Multidisciplinary Studies Major
(from 2007-2008 Catalog)
A multidisciplinary studies major with a focus in neuroscience is available. Interested students should contact Dr. Tuan Tran for an appointment. After your initial interview and if you meet the minimum requirements for declaring a major as well as meeting the minimum GPA qualification (3.0), you will be eligible for declaring the major. You can download a PDF of the current requirements for the major by clicking here.
The courses listed as degree requirements may have prerequisites or corequisites that are not indicated. See section 8 in catalog.
(WI)=Writing Intensive; (WI*)=Selected Sections are Writing Intensive. Semester of course offering is not guaranteed. Anticipated semester of course offering: (F)=Fall; (S)=Spring; (SS)=Summer Session; (OY)=Odd Year; (EY)= Even Year P=Prerequisite(s); C=Corequisite(s); P/C=Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s); R=Recommended P, C, or P/C
Students pursuing a BS multidisciplinary major in neuroscience who are also participating in the MD/7 program must meet all the specified requirements for their major. In addition, the student will need to fulfill the pre-health concentration by taking BIOL 1100, 1101, 1200, 1201; PHYS 1250, 1251, 1260, 1261. If the student is accepted for admission to the Brody School of Medicine under the MD/7 program, the first year of medical studies will count toward fulfilling the remaining hours of electives as required for graduation.
Minor
The neuroscience minor is designed to provide students with an introduction to the study of neuroscience at the various structural and functional levels of analysis, including molecular, cellular, integrative, and behavioral. (Students interested in a neuroscience major should see multidisciplinary studies, described above, and contact the neuroscience program director.) The minor requires completion of core courses (20 s.h), a laboratory course (2 or 3 s.h), and an elective course (2-5 s.h.). In the event that courses required for the minor are also required for the student’s major, neuroscience elective courses should be taken so that a minimum of 24 s.h. of unique neuroscience courses are completed for the minor. The major advisor should send a potential minor to the director for advising. The minimum requirements for the minor are 24 s.h. as follows:
1. Core...20 s.h.
•BIOL 1100, 1101. Principles of Biology I (4,0) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC)
•CHEM 1160, 1161. General Chemistry and Laboratory II (3,1) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC) (P: CHEM 1150, 1151; C for 1160: CHEM 1161; C for 1161: CHEM 1160; RC: MATH 1083 or 1085)
•NEUR 4900. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3) (F) (P: Senior standing; consent of instructor)
•NEUR 4901. Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience (3) (S) (P: Senior standing; consent of instructor)
•PSYC 1000. Introductory Psychology (3) (F,S,SS) (FC:SO) or PSYC 1060. Honors Introductory Psychology (3) (F,S)(FC:SO)
•PSYC 3310. Introduction to Neuroscience (3) (F,S,SS) (FC:SO)
2. Neuroscience Laboratory Course (Choose One)... 2-3 s.h.
•NEUR 4201. Laboratory Methods in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2) (S)
•PSYC 4312. Laboratory Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience (3) (P: •PSYC 3310, 3311; or consent of instructor)
•PSYC 4315. Neuroscience: Literature and Laboratory Experience (3) (P: PSYC 2210; 3310 or 3311; or consent of instructor)
3. Electives...2-5 s.h.
•BIOL 2130. Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy (4) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC) (P: BIOL 1050, 1051; or 1100, 1101)
•BIOL 2131. Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory (1) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC) (P/C: BIOL 2130)
•BIOL 2300. Principles of Genetics (3) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC) (P: 2 BIOL courses)
•BIOL 3310, 3311. Cellular Physiology (4,0) (F,S,SS) (P: Organic CHEM or biochemistry course)
•BIOL 3320. Principles of Animal Physiology (3) (F,S,SS) (P: Organic CHEM or biochemistry course)
•BIOL 3520. Biological Evolution (3) (F,S,SS)
•BIOL 5510, 5511. Transmission Electron Microscopy (4,0) (P: Senior standing as a biology major or consent of instructor)
•BIOL 5520, 5521. Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Analysis (2,0) (P: Senior standing as a biology major or consent of instructor)
•CHEM 2750. Organic Chemistry I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: CHEM 1160, 1161; C: CHEM 2753)
•CHEM 2753. Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1) (F,S,SS) (C: CHEM 2750)
•CHEM 2760. Organic Chemistry II (3) (F,S,SS) (P: CHEM 2750; C: CHEM 2763)
•CHEM 2763. Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1) (F,S,SS) (P: CHEM 2750, 2753; C: CHEM 2760)
•CHEM 2770. Biological Chemistry (3) (F,S) (FC:SC) (P: CHEM 2650 or 2760)
•CHEM 2771. Biological Chemistry Laboratory (1) (F,S) (FC:SC) (C: CHEM 2770)
•ITEC 2054, 2055. Electricity/Electronics Fundamentals (3,0) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066 or 1085 or 2119)
•MATH 2121. Calculus for the Life Sciences I (3) (F,S,SS) (FC:MA)
•MATH 2122. Calculus for the Life Sciences II (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 2121)
•NEUR 4200. Literature in Neuroscience (1) (F)
•PHIL 1262. Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Biology (3) (F,S) (FC:HU)
Some courses which carry foundations curriculum credit are identified using the following key. Consult the offering department concerning additional courses which carry foundations curriculum credit. Courses in major prefix may not count toward foundations curriculum.
(FC:EN)=English; (FC:EX)=Exercise and Sport Science; (FC:FA)=Fine Arts; (FC:HL)=Health; (FC:HU)=Humanities; (FC:MA)=Mathematics; (FC:SC)=Science; (FC:SO)=Social Science
