2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Neuroscience

The interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor will provide students with foundational knowledge on the organization, development, and function of the nervous system and how this relates to behavior and cognition. The Minor is composed of courses in psychology, biology, mathematics, philosophy, and speech pathology.

Students must complete at least 9 unique credit hours not used to satisfy the requirements of another major, minor, or certificate.

15 credits

Neuroscience Minor Core Course, 3 credits

Students may take either PSYS 367 OR PHYS 420.

PSYS 367Introduction to Neuroscience

3

or

PHYS 420Neuroscience

3

Neuroscience Minor Electives, 12 credits

Students must choose courses from at least two different disciplines.

Because PSYS 495 is variable-topic course, chairperson approval is needed for the course to count toward the Neuroscience minor.

BIO 214Genetics

3

BIO 215Cell Biology

3

MATH 415Mathematics of Coding and Communication

3

PHIL 415Topics in Neurophilosophy

3

PSYS 363Cognitive Psychology

3

PSYS 368Sensation and Perception

3

PSYS 495Seminar in Psychology

3

PSYS 468Cognitive Neuroscience

3

SPAA 361Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Speech, Language, and Hearing

3

ZOOL 450Animal Behavior

3

Total Credit Hours: 15