Required Units

Total number of units required for major, excluding any required Intensive(s): 11

Required Intensive units, if any: 0

Total units required: 11 units

Total Number of Specific Courses Required

• BIOL 107 - Energy Flow in Biological Systems
• BIOL 108 - Information Flow in Biological Systems
• NEUR 105 - Introduction to Neuroscience and Behavior
• PSYC 200 - Statistics and Experimental Design
• PSYC 241 - Principles of Physiological Psychology
• PSYC 229 - Research Methods in Learning and Behavior or
• PSYC 249 - Research Methods in Physiological Psychology
• NEUR 301 - Seminar in Neuroscience and Behavior

Distributional Content Area Units Required

      One 200-level Biology course:

• BIOL 218 - Cellular Structure and Function
• BIOL 226 - Animal Structure and Diversity
• BIOL 228 - Animal Physiology
• BIOL 232 - Developmental Biology
• BIOL 238 - Molecular Genetics
• BIOL 244 - Genetics and Genomics
• BIOL 272 - Biochemistry
• BIOL 248 - Evolutionary Genetics
• BIOL 217 - Human Physiology

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• One 300-level Biology course:

• BIOL 316 - Seminar in Neurobiology
• BIOL 323 - Seminar in Cell and Molecular Biology
• BIOL 324 - Molecular Biology
• BIOL 340 - Experimental Animal Behavior
• BIOL 353 - Bioinformatics
• BIOL 355 - Ecology and Evolution of Sexual Reproduction
• BIOL 375 - Sensory Ecology

• One 300-level Psychology course:

• PSYC 321 - Seminar in Animal Learning and Behavior
• PSYC 323 - Seminar in Evolutionary Psychology
• PSYC 341 - Seminar in Physiological Psychology
• PSYC 362 - Seminar in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
• PSYC 364 - Seminar in Behavior Genetics

Electives

One Neuroscience and Behavior elective from the approved list below or choose another course in consultation with your advisor:

• COGS 211 - Perception and Action
• COGS 213 - Language
• COGS 215 - Knowledge and Cognition
• COGS 219 - Research Methods in Cognitive Science
• COGS 311 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
• COGS 312 - Mind Reading: The Cognitive Science Book Club
• COGS 319 - Modeling Minds, Brains, and Behavior
• CMPU 250 - Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
• MATH 242 - Applied Statistical Modeling
• PHIL 222 - Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 224 - Philosophy of Mind
• ECON 215 - The Science of Strategy
• ECON 333 - Behavioral Economics

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• Approved Psychology courses at the 200 level:

• PSYC 221 - Learning and Behavior
• PSYC 223 - Evolutionary Psychology
• PSYC 262 - Principles of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology

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• Another approved Biology course at the 300 level.

Additional Information:

No required course for the major may be taken NRO.