Four Year Graduation Schedule: B.S. Degree in Neuroscience, Cognitive Option
Year 1 (28-29 credits)
Autumn
(14 credits)
- CHMY 121N; Intro to General Chemistry = 3 credits
- *BIOB 160/161N Principles of Living Systems w/lab = 4 credits
- M 162; Applied Calculus = 4 credits
- **WRIT 101; Composition or General Education = 3 credits
Spring
(14-15 credits)
- CHMY 123N/124; Intro to Organic and Biochemistry = 5 credits
- PSYX 222—Psychological Statistics or STAT 216—Statistics = 3/4 credits
- PSYX 100S; General Education S = 3 credits
- **WRIT 101; Composition or General Education = 3 credits
* can substitute BCH110/111 offered in Spring, or alternatively take BIOB 160/161N in Spring or Summer
**WRIT 101 Students with last names starting A–L have priority for the course in the fall and those students with last names starting M–Z have priority in the spring.
Year 2 (29 Credits)
Autumn
(16 credits)
- BIOB 260; Cellular and Molecular Biology = 4 credits
- PSYX 250N; Fundamentals of Biological Psychology = 3 credits
- PSYX 270; Fundamentals of Learning = 3 credits
- General Education = 6 credits
Spring
(13 credits)
- BIOB 272; Genetics and Evolution = 4 credits
- BIOH 280; Fundamentals of Neuroscience=3 credits
- PSYX 280; Fundamentals of Memory and Cognition = 3 credits
- General Education = 3 credits
Year 3 (28 Credits)
Autumn
(14 credits)
- PHSX 205N/206N; College Physics I + Lab = 5 credits
- BIOH 458—Neuro Research Techniques Lab = 3 credits
- Upper Level Electives = 6 credits
Spring
(14 credits)
- BIOH 380; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience = 3 credits
- PHSX 207N/208N; College Physics II + Lab = 5 credits
- PSYX 356; Human Neuropsychology = 3 credits
- Upper Level Electives = 3 credits
Year 4 (31 Credits)
Autumn
(16 credits)
- BCH 380; Biochemistry I = 4 credits
- Upper Level Electives = 9 credits
- General Education = 3 credits
Spring
(15 credits)
- Upper Level Electives = 9 credits
- General Education = 6 credits
General Education
Select to fulfill the Writing Course requirement and all Gen Eds. Some courses count for more than one area.
- Group I – Writing WRIT 101 and Approved Writing Course
- Group II: Mathematics 3 (M162)
- Group III: Symbolic Systems 3-6 (M162/STATS/PSYX 222)
- A Group IV: Expressive Arts 3
- L Group V: Literary and Artistic Studies 3
- H Group VI: Historical and Cultural Studies 3
- S Group VII Social Sciences 3 (PSYX 100S)
- E Group VIII: Ethics and Human Values 3
- Y Group IX: American and European Perspectives 3 some H/S courses are Y
- X Group X: Indigenous and Global Perspectives 3 some H,S,E courses are X
- N Group XI: Natural Sciences (CHMY121/123)