Neuroscience, BS
Requirements
The program of study requires a minimum of 79 hours, on a 120-hour degree, consisting of:
Biology (20 hours)
A. Required courses (8 hours):
The Unity of Life: Molecules to Cells | 3 | |
The Diversity of Life: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3 | |
Introduction to Biological Investigation | 3 |
B. Minimum of 12 hours selected from:
Microbiology | 4 | |
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | 4 | |
Human Anatomy | 4 | |
Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology | 3 | |
Human Parasitology | 3 | |
Biomedical Imaging | 3 | |
Genetics | 3 | |
Molecular Basis of Human Disease | 3 | |
Histology | 3 | |
Developmental Biology | 4 | |
Immunology | 4 | |
Mammalian Physiology | 3 | |
Virology | 3 |
Chemistry and Biochemistry (21-24 hours)
A. Required courses (18 hours):
General Chemistry I | 3 | |
General Chemistry II | 3 | |
General Chemistry II Laboratory | 2 | |
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Quantitative Analysis | 3 | |
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Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 | |
Organic Chemistry I | 3 | |
Organic Chemistry II | 3 | |
Organic Qualitative Analysis | 3 |
B. 3-6-hours, select-one-option:
Option I (3 hours)
Fundamentals of Biochemistry | 3 |
Option II (6 hours)
Biochemistry I | 3 | |
Biochemistry II | 3 |
Psychology (23 hours)
A. Required courses (8 hours):
Principles of Behavior I | 4 | |
Principles of Behavior II | 4 |
Students who have completed course prior to declaring a Neuroscience major or transferring to TCU may substitute course and 6 hours of upper-level psychology for this requirement. The 6 upper-level hours are in addition to those listed under B and C.
B. Minimum of 6 hours selected from:
Abnormal Psychology | 3 | |
Experimental Psychology: Learning | 4 | |
Experimental Psychology: Perception | 3 | |
Experimental Psychology: Motivation | 3 | |
Comparative Psychology | 3 | |
Research Methods in Psychology | 3 | |
Experimental Psychology: Cognition | 3 |
C. Minimum of 9 hours selected from:
Introductory Neuroscience | 3 | |
Human Neuropsychology | 3 | |
Functional Neuroanatomy | 3 | |
Psychopharmacology | 3 |
Physics (8 hours)
General Physics I with Laboratory | 4 | |
General Physics II with Laboratory | 4 |
Mathematics and Computer Science (minimum of 6 hours):
Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
Calculus I | 4 | |
Introduction to Python for Data Analytics | 3 |