Required Course List : Undergraduate Major : Neuroscience Undergraduate Major : University of Vermont

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Neuroscience Major

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Course Requirements for Neuroscience Major

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Specific Requirements

Twenty-five hours of fundamental courses including BCOR 011, BCOR 012, CHEM 031, CHEM 032, MATH 019, MATH 020, PSYC 001.

Fourteen hours of foundational courses including NSCI 110, BCOR 101, PSYC 104, CHEM 141

All experimental design and statistics courses out of one of the following categories: (i) PSYC 109 and PSYC 110, (ii) STAT 141 (or STAT 211) and STAT 221 and STAT 231, (iii) PSYC 109 and BIOL 202

NSCI 270 and 3 of these 4 courses: (i) BIOL 261, (ii) CSD 281, (iii) PSYC 221, (iv) NSCI 225.

Twelve hours of elective neuroscience courses, with at least one from each of the following categories: (i) Behavioral/Cognitive: CSD 101 or CSD 208 or PSYC 205 or PSYC 220 or PSYC 222 or PSYC 265, (ii) Cell/Molecular: BCOR 103 or BIOL 266 or PHRM 290 or PSYC 223 or STAT 256, (iii) Research: BIOL 262 or CSD 262 or NSCI 197 or NSCI 198. No more than 6 hours of category iii may be counted towards the major.

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All Requirements By General Category

Course ID	Title	CH	Min	Max

Fundamental Ancillary courses: All required
BCOR 011	Exploring Biology	4
BCOR 012	Exploring Biology	4
CHEM 031	Introductory Chemistry	4
CHEM 032	Introductory Chemistry	4
MATH 019	Fundamentals of Calculus I	3
MATH 020	Fundamentals of Calculus II	3
PSYC 001	General Psychology	3
		Subtotal =	25	25

Foundational courses: All required
NSCI 110	Exploring Neuroscience (w/lab)	4
BCOR 101	Genetics	3
CHEM 141	Organic Chemistry	4
PSYC 104	Learning, Cognition & Behavior	3
		Subtotal =	14	14

Experimental Design and Statistics: One of the following course combinations
PSCY 109	Psychology Research Methods I	3
PSYC 110	Psychology Research Methods II	4

or
STAT 141 or 211	Basic Statistical Methods or Statistical Basic Methods I	3
STAT 221	Statistical Methods II	3
STAT 231	Experimental Design	3

or
PSYC 109	Psychology Research Methods I	3
BIOL 202	Quantitative Biology	3
	Subtotal =	6, 7 or 9	6	9

Advanced Core Neuroscience: NSCI 270 and 3 of 4 of the remaining courses are required
BIOL 261	Neurobiology	3
CSD 281	Cognitive Neuroscience	3
PSYC 221	Physiological Psychology	4
NSCI 225	Human Neuroanatomy	3
* NSCI 270	Diseases of the Nervous System	3
		Subtotal =	13	13

Additional Advanced Course Options: 3 CH from each Option, plus one 3-CH course from any Option.
Behavioral/Cognitive Option
CSD 101	Speech and Hearing Science	4
CSD 208	Cognition and Language	3
PSYC 205	Learning	3
PSYC 220	Animal Behavior	3
PSYC 222	Selected Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience	3
PSYC 265	Infant Development	3

Cell/Molecular Option
BCOR 103	Cell and Molecular Physiology	4
BIOL 266	Neurodevelopment	3
PHRM 290	Topics in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	3
PSYC 223	Psychopharmacology	3
STAT 256	Neural Computation	3

** Research
BIOL 262	Neurobiology Techniques	4
CSD 262	Measurement of Communic. Processes	3
NSCI 197, 198***	Undergraduate Research	3
NSCI 297, 298***	Advanced Undergraduate Research	3

** No more that 6 CH of Research may be counted towards the major.
*** HON 2XX may substitute, but requires NS director's permission.
	Subtotal =	12-14 CH	12	16
			Min	Max
Credit Hour Total =			70	77

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