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Majors & Minors

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Students interested in both biology and psychology may wish to choose the interdisciplinary major in psychobiology. Psychobiology draws from the social, natural, mathematical, and life sciences to address intriguing and difficult issues related to behavior and experience.

This fast-growing field is yielding exciting new discoveries regarding the biological bases of behavior, conscious experience, and the relationship between physical and mental health. Completion of the major prepares students to work in a variety of research and clinical settings and, with judicious selection of electives, serves as an excellent preparation for advanced work in either biology or psychology, or for medical, dental, or veterinary school.

Requirements

Majors will complete a core consisting of nine courses plus five track-specific courses spread throughout their four years. The suggested sequence for core courses is:

First Year

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 4 Courses
General Biology BIOL-113 4.00 Lecture
Intro. Chemistry: Inorganic CHEM-111 4.00 Lecture
Principles of Chemistry CHEM-113 4.00 Lecture
Introduction to Psychology PSYC-101 4.00 Lecture

Sophomore Year

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 4 Courses
Introductory Statistics MATH-118 4.00 Lecture
Applied Statistical Models MATH-238 4.00 Lecture
Biological Psychology PSYC-201 4.00 Lecture
Research Methods in Psychology PSYC-203 4.00 Lecture

Junior Year

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 5 Courses
Drugs and Behavior PSYC-244 4.00 Lecture
Health Psychology PSYC-232 4.00 Lecture
Philosophy of Mind PHIL-237 4.00 Lecture
Memory, Thought & Language PSYC-243 4.00 Lecture
Perception PSYC-247 4.00 Lecture

Senior Year

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 1 Courses
Seminar in Psychobiology PB-347 4.00 Lecture

Neurobiology Track

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 5 Courses
Molecular Biology BIOL-337 4.00 Lecture
Cell Biology BIOL-225 4.00 Lecture
Neurobiology BIOL-334 4.00 Lecture
Intro. Chemistry: Organic CHEM-112 4.00 Lecture
Organic Chem I CHEM-114 4.00 Lecture

Cognitive and Behavioral Track

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 3 Courses
Topics in Behavioral Bio BIOL-342 4.00 Lecture
Research in Biopsychology PSYC-301 4.00 Lecture
Research in Cognitive Process PSYC-303 4.00 Lecture

Neuroscience Course List

Course Name Number Credits Type
Total 22 Courses
Introduction to Nutrition Sci NUTR-112 4.00 Lecture
Drugs and Behavior PSYC-244 4.00 Lecture
Health Psychology PSYC-232 4.00 Lecture
Animal Physiology BIOL-222 4.00 Lecture
Cell Biology BIOL-225 4.00 Lecture
Anatomy & Physiology I BIOL-231 4.00 Lecture
Neurobiology BIOL-334 4.00 Lecture
Developmental Biol BIOL-335 4.00 Lecture
Genetics BIOL-336 4.00 Lecture
Intro. Chemistry: Organic CHEM-112 4.00 Lecture
Intro Biochemistry CHEM-223 4.00 Lecture
Intro to Programming in Java CS-112 4.00 Lecture
Biostatistics MATH-218 4.00 Lecture
Fundamentals of Nutrition Sci NUTR-111 4.00 Lecture
Philosophy Human Nature PHIL-136 4.00 Lecture
Ways of Knowing PHIL-238 4.00 Lecture
Nature of Abnormal Behavior PSYC-231 4.00 Lecture
Memory, Thought & Language PSYC-243 4.00 Lecture
Perception PSYC-247 4.00 Lecture
Research in Biopsychology PSYC-301 4.00 Lecture
Research in Cognitive Process PSYC-303 4.00 Lecture
Health, Illness & Society SOCI-241 4.00 Lecture

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