Neuroscience Minor
Coordinator: Assistant Professor Wittstein
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 2000 level or higher and must come from at least three different disciplines.
- At least four hours must be at the 3000 level or higher.
- BIO 2412/BIO 2413 and BIO 3412 cannot both be counted towards the minor.
- Up to four independent research credits (4999) can be counted toward the accumulation of the 16 credit hours but must be approved by the program coordinator. The 4999 credit hours will count within the host discipline of the research.
| BIO2212 | Principles of Genetics | 3 sh |
| BIO2213 | Genetics Laboratory | 1 sh |
| BIO3412 | Animal Physiology | 4 sh |
| BIO3502 | Comparative Vertebrate Structure and Function | 4 sh |
| BIO3532 | The Biology of Animal Behavior | 4 sh |
| BIO4110 | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 4 sh |
| CHM2110 | Organic Chemistry I with Lab | 4 sh |
| CHM3510 | Biochemistry I | 4 sh |
| CHM3550 | Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 4 sh |
| CSC4444 | Artificial Intelligence | 4 sh |
| ESS2160 | Neuromotor Control | 4 sh |
| ESS4220 | Exercise and the Cell | 4 sh |
| ESS4260 | Exercise Psychophysiology | 4 sh |
| PSY2300 | Cognitive Psychology | 4 sh |
| PSY3410 | Memory and Memory Disorders | 4 sh |
| PSY3310 | Psychology of Language | 4 sh |
| PSY3320 | Psychology of Learning | 4 sh |
| PSY3330 | Sensation and Perception | 4 sh |
| PSY3470 | Animal Behavior | 4 sh |
Other courses may be submitted for approval by the program coordinator.
Total Credit Hours: 24