Neuroscience Minor
Coordinator: Assistant Professor Bauer
Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of study, which examines the nervous systems of humans and other animals and advances the understanding of perceptions, human thought, emotion and behavior. Objectives of neuroscientists include: describing the human brain and how it functions normally, determining how the nervous system develops, matures and maintains itself throughout the lifespan of the animal, and finding ways to prevent, cure or treat symptoms of many debilitating neurological, psychiatric and developmental disorders of humans. Neuroscience may integrate such disciplines as biology, chemistry, psychology, computer science, mathematics, statistics, exercise science and philosophy. This minor will help provide students with the fundamental knowledge and training needed to pursue careers and post-graduate studies in fields related to cognitive science, behavioral medicine, human development and aging, health and disease, rehabilitation, biomedical research, human-machine interactions and many other emerging disciplines. A minimum of 24 semester hours is required.
Minor Requirements
Select one of the following: 4 sh
Additional requirement: 4 sh
Select sixteen semester hours from the following: 16 sh
- Electives must be 200 level or higher and must come from at least three different disciplines.
- At least four hours must be at the 300 level or higher.
- BIO 264 and BIO 315 cannot both be counted towards the minor.
- Up to four independent research credits (499) can be counted toward the accumulation of the 16 credit hours but must be approved by the program coordinator. The 499 credit hours will count within the host discipline of the research.
| BIO 245 | PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS | 3 sh |
| BIO 246 | GENETICS LABORATORY | 1 sh |
| BIO 315 | ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY | 4 sh |
| BIO 318 | COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION | 4 sh |
| BIO 331 | THE BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | 4 sh |
| BIO 422 | MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY | 4 sh |
| CHM 211 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I with LAB | 4 sh |
| CHM 351 | BIOCHEMISTRY I | 4 sh |
| CHM 355 | MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 sh |
| CSC 410 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 4 sh |
| ESS 263 | NEUROMOTOR CONTROL | 4 sh |
| ESS 440 | EXERCISE AND THE CELL | 4 sh |
| ESS 443 | EXERCISE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 242 | COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 310 | MEMORY AND MEMORY DISORDERS | 4 sh |
| PSY 311 | PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE | 4 sh |
| PSY 345 | PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING | 4 sh |
| PSY 350-54 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE | 4 sh |
| PSY 355 | SENSATION AND PERCEPTION | 4 sh |
| PSY 361 | ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | 4 sh |
Other courses may be submitted for approval by the program coordinator.
Total Credit Hours: 24