New Curriculum
The new NSB curriculum requires the completion of 13 courses (5 core neuroscience courses; 3 introductory courses from cognate disciplines; 3 elective courses; a year-long research seminar counting as 2 courses) and a senior thesis.
All NSB majors must take 5 core neuroscience courses that provide foundational knowledge and laboratory training. No more than 2/5 core neuroscience courses can be taken outside Barnard Neuroscience and Behavior Department, including Columbia University or other institutions. For many courses, NSB majors have multiple options. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our discipline, students can select introductory and elective courses offered in other departments either at Barnard or Columbia. Furthermore, students have the option of selecting elective courses in one suggested track – cognitive/behavioral, computational, or molecular. The course requirements of the new curriculum are listed in the table below.
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5 CORE NEUROSCIENCE COURSES (3/5 must be courses from Barnard NSB Department) |
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Course 1 |
Intro to Neuroscience (NSBV BC1001) |
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Course 2 |
Laboratory in Neuroscience (NSBV BC2001) |
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Course 3 |
Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience (NSBV BC3001) |
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Course 4 |
Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience (BIOL BC3362) NOTE |
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Course 5 |
Statistics & Experimental Design (NSBV BC2002) or Statistics (PSYC BC1101) or Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (PSYC UN1610) or Calculus-based Introduction to Statistics (STAT UN1201) |
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3 INTRODUCTORY COURSES FROM COGNATE DISCIPLINES |
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Biology |
Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology (Lect & Lab; BIOL BC1502 & 1503) |
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2 courses (1 lect; 1 lect+lab) from any of the following: |
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Biology |
Intro to Organismal/Evolution Biology (Lect & Lab; BIOL BC1500 & 1501) |
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Chemistry |
General Chemistry (Lect & Lab; CHEM BC2001 & 2012) |
| Computer Science |
Intro to Information Science (COMS UN1001), Computing in Context (COMS UN1002), Intro to Computer Science/Programming in Java (COMS UN1004) |
| Physics |
Mechanics (Lect PHYS BC2010; Lect & Lab PHYS BC2001), Electricity & Magnetism (Lect PHYS BC2020; Lect & Lab PHYS BC2002) |
| Psychology |
Introduction to Psychology (Lect & Lab; PSYC BC1001 & 1010) |
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3 ELECTIVES (the list of ~75 approved courses is shown below) |
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Course 1 |
3000-level seminar |
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Course 2 |
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Course 3 |
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RESEARCH SEMINAR |
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Research Seminar in Neuroscience & Behavior (NSBV BC3593) |
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Research Seminar in Neuroscience & Behavior (NSBV BC3594) |
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