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Core Courses

There are two courses that are required for all participants in the Neuroscience Program (regardless of major). These courses provide a broad and solid introduction to the neurosciences.

  • Psychology 91: Biological Bases of Behavior
  • Biology 154/Psychology 135: Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Elective Courses

In addition to the two core courses listed above, all UNP participants must complete a number of course electives. It is highly recommended that one or two of these electives comprise independent research in a campus laboratory. Following is a list of course offerings that could serve as electives for the neuroscience program. Biology majors concentrating in neuroscience should note that the electives for your program are more discretely defined. Not all of the courses listed below are applicable. For a complete list of the course electives appropriate to Biology majors, please refer to this page.

Below is a list of the available elective courses for the current semester. If you wish to view an archive of all possible electives, as well as the offerings for past semesters, please go to this page. We have attempted to include all applicable courses on the list below but sometimes one sneaks past our radar. If there is a course that you think should be included on the list, contact one of the Program Co-Directors.

Elective Course Offerings for the Fall 2008 Semester

BAA 122 Human Cognitive Evolution
BIO 156L Sensory Physiology/Behavior of Marine Animals
BIO 166 Evolution of Animal Behavior*
BIO 184L Experimental Cell/Molecular Biology
BME 101L Electrobiology*
BME 201L Electrophysiology*
BME 254 Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System
LING 133S Neuroscience and Human Language
NEURO 93S Neurobiology of Mind (FOCUS Program) (cross-listed as PSY95FCS)
NEURO 95S Neuroeconomics (FOCUS Program)
PHA 150 Drugs Actions and Reactions
PHA 233 Essentials of Pharmacology/Toxicology
PHIL 152 Philosophy and Neuroscience
PSY 120 Comparative Psychology* (cross-listed as BIO168)
PSY 126 Behavior and Neurochemistry
PSY 141S Emotions and the Brain
PSY 167S Social Neuroscience
PSY 177S Human Sexuality
PSY 182BS Perception and the Brain
and... Supervised, independent study in a neuroscience laboratory.

* Please note that a few classes contain substantial overlap in focus and scope related to neuroscience. Students will not receive approval of two such overlapping classes as neuroscience electives. (In other words, only one of the pair of courses may count as a neuroscience elective.) Overlapping courses include:

  • BIO166/BIO168(PSY120)
  • BME101/BME 201
  • LING133S/LING201S/LING268S
  • LING199S/202S
  • PHIL197/PHIL255