CAS Core Requirements Credits
Total 42–46
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

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