Required Courses |
Credits |
PSY 105 – Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
PSY 225 – Psychology Statistics or MAT 150 – Statistics for Life Sciences |
3 |
PSY 250 – Lifespan Development in Context |
Credits included in& Core Requirements |
MAT 190 – Calculus I |
Credits included in Core Requirements |
NEU 205/205L – Intro to Neurobiology with Lab |
4 |
NEU 306/306L – Behavioral/Cognitive Neuro with Lab |
4 |
NEU 410 – Neurobiology of Mental Illness |
3 |
NEU 495 – Neuroscience Lab Research or NEU 300 – Neuroscience Internship or PSY 300 - Psychology Internship I |
3–12 |
BIO 105 – Bio I: Ecology/Evolution |
Credits included in Core Requirements |
BIO 106/106L – Biology II: Cellular/Molecular with Lab |
4 |
CHE 110/110L – General Chemistry I with Lab or CHE 150/150L – University General Chem I with Lab |
4 |
CHE 111/111L - General Chemistry II with Lab or CHE 151/151L – University General Chem II with Lab |
4 |
CHE 210/210L/210S or CHE 210G/210LG/210LS – Organic Chemistry I with Lab and LabLecture |
5 |
CHE 211/211L/211S or CHE 211G/211LG/211SG – Organic Chemistry II with Lab and LabLecture or CHE 310/310L – Fundamentals of Biochemistry with Lab |
4–5 |
PHY 110 – General Physics I |
4 |
PHY 111 – General Physics II |
4 |
Three (3) required elective courses taken from List A and B. No more than two (2) may be chosen from either list A or B. |
9–13 |
Total credits required |
58–72 |
Open elective courses (needed to reach 120 credits) |
Variable |
Minimum Required Total Credits |
120 |
List A Courses |
Credits |
BIO 214 /214L – Genetics with Lab |
4 |
BIO 245/245L – General Principles of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology I with Lab |
4 |
BIO 322 – Comparative Animal Physiology |
3 |
BIO 330/330L – Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy with Lab |
4 |
BIO 345/345L – General Principles of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology II with Lab |
5 |
BIO 365 – Immunology |
3 |
BIO 370 – Cell and Molecular Biology |
3 |
BIO 407 – Developmental Biology |
3 |
BIO 450 – Biology Topics (with program approval) |
3 |
CHE 405 – Medicinal Chemistry |
3 |
List B Courses |
Credits |
PSY 226 – Motivation and Emotion |
3 |
PSY 245 – Evolutionary Psychology |
3 |
PSY 205 – Abnormal Psychology |
3 |
PSY 275 – Introduction to Techniques in Animal Behavior |
3 |
PSY 285 – Research Methods |
3 |
PSY 290 – Developmental Psychopathology |
3 |
PSY 316 – Psychology of Consciousness |
3 |
PSY 325 – Psychology of Aging |
3 |
PSY 335 – Comparative Animal Behavior or BIO 335 – Animal Behavior/Behavioral Ecology |
3 |
PSY 362 – Animal Cognition |
3 |
PSY 364 – Social and Emotional Development in Childhood |
3 |
PSY 370 – Drugs, Society, and Behavior |
3 |
PSY 380 – Learning/Conditioning and Behavior Modification or PSY 384/ 384L – Animal Learning and Behavior with Lab |
3–4 |
PSY 383 – Memory and Cognition |
3 |
PSY 425 – Advanced Methods in Animal Behavior |
3 |
PHI 370 – Philosophy of Psychology |
3 |
PHI 380 – Philosophy of Mind |
3 |
Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.