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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):

BIOL 10503The Unity of Life: Molecules to Cells

3
BIOL 10513The Diversity of Life: Organisms to Ecosystems

3
BIOL 10523Introduction to Biological Investigation

3

B. Minimum of 12 hours selected from:

BIOL 30304Microbiology

4
BIOL 30404Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

4
BIOL 30414Human Anatomy

4
BIOL 30603Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

3
BIOL 30803Human Parasitology

3
BIOL 30843Biomedical Imaging

3
BIOL 40123Genetics

3
BIOL 40133Molecular Basis of Human Disease

3
BIOL 40203Histology

3
BIOL 40224Developmental Biology

4
BIOL 40254Immunology

4
BIOL 40403Mammalian Physiology

3
BIOL 40603Virology

3

Chemistry and Biochemistry (21-24 hours)

A. Required courses (18 hours):

CHEM 10113General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 10123General Chemistry II

3
CHEM 10122General Chemistry II Laboratory

2
OR
CHEM 20123Quantitative Analysis

3
 
CHEM 30121Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

1
CHEM 30123Organic Chemistry I

3
CHEM 30133Organic Chemistry II

3
CHEM 30143Organic Qualitative Analysis

3

B. 3-6-hours, select-one-option:

Option I (3 hours)
BIOL 40513Fundamentals of Biochemistry

3
Option II (6 hours)
CHEM 50133Biochemistry I

3
CHEM 50143Biochemistry II

3

Psychology (23 hours)

A. Required courses (8 hours):

PSYC 10514Principles of Behavior I

4
PSYC 10524Principles of Behavior II

4

Students who have completed PSYC 10213 prior to declaring a Neuroscience major or transferring to TCU may substitute PSYC 10213 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:

PSYC 30363Abnormal Psychology

3
PSYC 30414Experimental Psychology: Learning

4
PSYC 30423Experimental Psychology: Perception

3
PSYC 30433Experimental Psychology: Motivation

3
PSYC 30473Comparative Psychology

3
PSYC 30503Research Methods in Psychology

3
PSYC 30523Experimental Psychology: Cognition

3

C. Minimum of 9 hours selected from:

PSYC 30463Introductory Neuroscience

3
PSYC 30483Human Neuropsychology

3
PSYC 50463Functional Neuroanatomy

3
PSYC 50513Psychopharmacology

3

Physics (8 hours)

PHYS 10154General Physics I with Laboratory

4
PHYS 10164General Physics II with Laboratory

4

Mathematics and Computer Science (minimum of 6 hours):

MATH 10043Elementary Statistics

3
MATH 10524Calculus I

4
COSC 10603Introduction to Python for Data Analytics

3