Overlapping CU Courses
The following Columbia courses can be taken in lieu of Barnard courses to complete NSB major requirements. Students who take one of these courses cannot also earn credit for the equivalent course.
Note that all NSB majors must take 5 core neuroscience courses. At least 3 of the 5 required core courses must be taken in the Barnard College NSB department. Columbia courses do not count as Barnard courses. Core neuroscience courses are marked with an asterisk (*) in the table below.
Barnard NSB Major Requirement |
Equivalent Courses at Columbia |
NSBV BC1001 Introduction to Neuroscience * |
PSYCH UN2450 Behavioral Neuroscience |
PSYC BC1001 Introduction to Psychology |
PSYC UN1001 The Science of Psychology |
BIOL BC1500/1501 Introduction to Organismal & Evolutionary Biology (Lect+Lab) |
BIOL UN2005 Introductory Biology I: Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology |
BIOL BC1502/1503 Introduction to Cell & Molecular Biology (Lect+Lab) |
BIOL UN2006 Introductory Biology II: Cell Biology, Development and Physiology |
NSBV BC3361 Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience * BIOL BC3362 Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience * |
BIOL UN3004 Neurobiology I: Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology |
NSBV BC3001 Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience |
BIOL UN3005: Neurobiology II: Developmental & Systems |
BIOL BC2100 Molecular & Mendelian Genetics |
BIOL UN3031 Genetics |
NSBV BC2002 Statistics & Experimental Design * |
STAT UN1101 Introduction to Statistics, PSYC UN1619 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, STAT UN1201 Calculus-based Introduction to Statistics |
NSBV BC2003 Neuroendocrinology of Stress | PSYC GU4493 Stress and the Brain |
PSYC BC2106/2107 Psychology of Learning (Lect+Lab) |
PSYC UN1440 Experimental Psychology: Learning & Motivation + PSYC UN1441 Learning & Motivation Lab |
CHEM BC2001 General Chemistry 1 |
CHEM UN1403 General Chemistry 1 + CHEM UN1500 General Chemistry Laboratory |
CHEM BC 3230/3328 Organic Chemistry 1 (Lec+Lab) |
CHEM UN3443 Organic Chemistry 1 + CHEM UN3543 Organic Chemistry Laboratory |
PHYS BC2010 Mechanics | Intro to Mechanics & Thermodynamics (UN1401) |
PHYS BC2020 Electricity & Magnetism | Intro to Electricity, Magnetism & Optics (UN1402) |