Old Curriculum
To elect the NSB major under the old curriculum, a student must have earned an average grade of:
- B- or better in BIOL BC1500+1501 & 1502+1503
- B- or better in CHEM BC2001 & 3230+3328
- B- or better in PSYC BC1001
Majors must choose one of two areas of concentration: Behavioral or Cellular. The behavioral concentration places greater emphasis on behavioral and systems neuroscience. The cellular concentration places greater emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience.
Required core courses for all NSB majors: |
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PSYC |
BC1001 |
Introduction to Psychology |
BIO |
BC1500 & 1501 |
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (Lec & Lab) |
BIO |
BC1502 & 1503 |
Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology (Lec & Lab) |
CHEM |
BC2001 |
General Chemistry I with Laboratory |
CHEM |
BC3230 |
Organic Chemistry I (Lecture) |
CHEM |
BC3328 |
Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory |
One of the following: |
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PSYC |
BC1101 |
Statistics OR |
BIO |
BC2286 |
Statistics and Research Design |
Both of the following courses (one with lab): |
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PSYC |
BC2119 (BC2118) |
Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience Lec (+Lab) |
BIO |
BC3362 (BC3363) |
Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Lec (+Lab) |
Senior thesis requirement (year-long course): |
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NSBV |
BC3593–3594 |
Senior Research Seminar |
Behavior Concentration: |
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PSYC |
BC2106 & 2107 |
Psychology of Learning Laboratory & Lecture |
BIO |
BC2280 |
Animal Behavior |
Two Electives (see list of approved electives below): |
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Elective #1 |
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Elective #2 |
Cellular Concentration: |
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BIO |
BC2100 |
Mendelian & Molecular Genetics |
BIO |
BC3310 |
Cell Biology |
One of the following labs: |
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BIO |
BC2801 |
Lab in Genetics |
BIO |
BC3303 |
Lab in Molecular Biology |
BIO |
BC3305 |
Project Lab in Molecular Biology |
BIO |
BC3311 |
Lab in Cell Biology |
Two Electives (see list list of approved electives below): |
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Elective #1 |
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Elective #2 |