The neuroscience minor is designed to enable students in a variety of majors to explore the important and rapidly expanding field of neuroscience. The minor enhances a student's preparation for a variety of careers and/or graduate study in health-related professions and enriches undergraduate student involvement in neuroscience research.
Neuroscience Minor
Minor in neuroscience curriculum
A total of six courses is needed to complete the minor in health studies.
Complete at least two of these three required courses:
- Functional Neuroanatomy
- Neurobiology
- Systems Neuroscience
Plus, three or four courses selected from any of the following:
- Disease of the Brain
- Biology, Moral Behavior and Policy
- Modern Plagues: Addiction, Obesity and Stress
- Endocrinology
- Independent Study in Biomedical Sciences (with approval of topic)
- Introduction to Neurological Disorders
- Experimental Neurobiology
- Laboratory Research Project in Biological Sciences (with approval of project)
- Learning and Behavior
- Cognition
- Biopsychology
- Affective Neuroscience
- Human Factors Engineering
- Advanced Undergraduate Seminar
- Independent Study in Psychology (with approval of topic)
- Medical Imaging Physics
- Image Processing for the Biomedical Sciences
- Neural Engineering
- Rehabilitation Science and Engineering
- Independent Study in Biomedical Engineering (with approval of topic)
No more than 6 cr. hrs. for students from the College of Health Sciences and College of Arts and Sciences and no more than 9 cr. hrs. for students from the College of Engineering can count towards both the neuroscience minor and their primary major (e.g., only 6 credits from the minor can also apply towards the 33 credits required for the BISC major)