Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

Co-Coordinators: Drs. Irving Biederman and Albert Herrera

Undergraduate Advisors: Lica Abu-Esba, [email protected]; & Briana Weiland, [email protected]

Grade Requirements A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.

Degree Requirements The degree requires 14 core courses (54-56 units) and 5 elective courses (16-20 units) for a total of 70-76 units.

Core Requirements Units BISC 220L or General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or Advanced BISC 221L General Biology 4 CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry or CHEM 115aL 4 CHEM 105bLg General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry or CHEM 115bL 4 CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry 4 CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry 4 ITP 115 or Programming in Python , 2 units ITP 168 or Introduction to Matlab, 2 units ITP 109 or Introduction to Java Programming 2 Units CSCI 103L or Introduction to Programming 3 Units CSCI 455 or Introduction to Programming System Design 4 Units EE 150 Engineering Computational Methods 3 Units MATH 125 Calculus 4 PHYS 135aL or Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics I PHYS 151 4 PHYS 135bL or Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics II PHYS 152 4 PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology 4 PSYC 274* Statistics 4 PSYC 440 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience 4 BISC 421 Neurobiology 4 BISC 408 Systems Neuroscience 4 *An equivalent course may be substituted with permission.

Five upper-division elective courses from the list below are required. At least one course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be 490. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement. Electives Units HBIO 306 Primate Social Behavior and Ecology 4 BISC 307L General Physiology 4 BISC 313 Evolution & Population Genetics 4 BISC 320L Molecular Biology 4 BISC 325 Genetics 4 BISC 330L Biochemistry 4 BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Biology 4 BISC 406L Biotechnology 4 BISC 410 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine 4 BISC 411 Cell Biology 4 BISC 422L Neurobiology Laboratory 4 BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of Neurological Disorders 4 BISC 424 Brain Architecture 4 BISC 426 Principles of Neural Development 4 BISC 462 Seminar in Neurobiology 2 BISC 480 Developmental Biology 4 NEUR 490x Directed Research 4 PSYC 301 Cognitive Processes 4 PSYC 304 Sensation and Perception 4 PSYC 305 Learning and Memory 4 PSYC 320 Principles of Psychobiology 4 PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience 4 PSYC 404 Psychophysiology of Emotion 4 PSYC 420 Animal Behavior 4 PSYC 424 Neuropsychology 4 PSYC 425 Functional Imaging of the Human Brain 4 PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors 4 PSYC 438 Behavioral Genetics 4 PSYC 450L Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive Processes 4 BME 402 Control & Communication in the Nervous System 3 CSCI 360 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 4 GERO 414 Neurobiology of Aging 4 GERO 415 Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging 4

* Only an elective for BA and Minor.

A graduate class from the following list can be substituted for an upper-division elective with permission

BME 575* Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology 3 CSCI 564* Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence 3 NEUR 524* Advanced Neurosciences I 4 NEUR 531* Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology 3 NEUR 532* Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology 3 PSYC 506* Learning and Cognition 4 PSYC 510* Visual Cognition 4 PSYC 540* Cognitive Neuroscience 4 PSYC 544* Psychophysiology 4 PSYC 545* Neuropsychology 4 PSYC 547* Functional Neuroanatomy 4 PSYC 551* Decision Neuroscience 4 *with minimum GPA of 3.3 and permission of co-directors and instructor