Neuroscience Concentration

This interdisciplinary concentration is coordinated by the Department of Psychology. The program provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of physiology, biochemistry, and the behavior of higher animals. Students majoring in psychology take the following classes:

Required from Biology
BL 155 -- Principles of Biology I
BL 156 -- Principles of Biology II
BL 157 -- Principles of Biology Lab I
BL 158 -- Principles of Biology Lab II
BL 360 -- Human Physiology
BL 360L -- Human Physiology Lab

Required from Chemistry
CH 141--General Chemistry I
CH 142--General Chemistry II
CH 143--General Chemistry Lab I
CH 144--General Chemistry lab II
CH 221--Organic Chemistry I
CH 222--Organic Chemistry II
CH 223--Organic Chemistry Lab I
CH 224--Organic Chemistry Lab II

Required from Psychology
PS 101 -- Introduction to Psychology
PS 301/301L -- Experimental Design and Analysis (with Lab)
PS 326 -- Psychbiology
PS 426 -- Psychopharmacology
PS 497N -- Individual Research Project in Neuroscience

Select one:
PS 241-- Social Psychology
PS 261 -- Child Development
PS 262 -- Adolsecent Development

Select one:
PS 280/280L -- Human Memory and Cognition (with Lab)
PS 332/332L -- Learning and Behavior
PS 386 -- Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Select one:
PS 351 -- Theories of Personality
PS 435 -- Tests and Measurement
PS 457 -- Psychopathology

Four Psychology Electives

Coordinator: Dr. Helen M. Murphy.