Transferring Credits

Courses outside BC and CU

The Department Representative (Prof. Kara Pham) has to approve if a neuroscience course taken outside Barnard College or Columbia University counts toward the major. Students are required to contact Prof. Kara Pham and provide a copy of the syllabus along with information about the readings and the grade(s) related to the course. Important note about required NSB courses offered in other departments (e.g., introductory Biology courses): For such courses, students need first to acquire approval from the relevant department. For example, students should contact the Biology department to evaluate the course equivalency of Biology classes completed elsewhere. Once the Biology department provides the course equivalency, the NSB department will accept the relevant course towards the NSB major.

Summer courses

It is strongly recommended that you obtain approval for non-Barnard courses prior to enrolling and/or completing the course. For NSB courses, you can get approval from the Department Representative (Prof. Kara Pham) once you have completed the appropriate form. Note that you will need to provide Prof. Pham with a syllabus and class description before she will be able to approve the course.

Studying abroad

For NSB courses, you can get approval from the Department Representative (Prof. Kara Pham) once you have completed the appropriate form. Note that you will need to provide Prof. Pham with a syllabus and class description before she will be able to approve the course. It is strongly recommended that you obtain approval for courses taken abroad prior to enrolling and/or completing the course.