CAS Core RequirementsCredits
Total Credits43
Program Required CoursesCredits
BIO 105/105L – Bio I: Ecology/Evolution w/LabCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
BIO 106/106L – Biology II: Cellular/Molecular w/Lab4
CHE 110/110L – General Chemistry I w/Lab or CHE 150/150L – University General Chem I w/Lab4
CHE 111/111L - General Chemistry II w/Lab or CHE 151/151L – University General Chem II w/Lab4
CHE 210/210L/210S – Organic Chemistry I w/Lab and LabLecture5
CHE 211/211L/211S – Organic Chemistry II w/Lab and LabLecture or CHE 310/310L – Fundamentals of Biochemistry w/Lab4–5
MAT 190 – Calculus ICredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
NEU 205/205L – Intro to Neurobiology w/Lab4
NEU 300 – Neuroscience Internship or NEU 495 – Neuroscience Lab Research3–12
NEU 306/306L – Behavioral/Cognitive Neuro w/Lab4
NEU 410 – Neurobiology of Mental Illness3
PHY 110 – General Physics I4
PHY 111 – General Physics II4
PSY 105 – Introduction to Psychology3
PSY 225 – Psychology Statistics or MAT 150 – Statistics for Life Sciences3
PSY 250 – Lifespan Development in ContextCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
Three (3) required electives taken from List A and B. No more than two (2) may be chosen from either list A or B.9–13
Total credits58–72
Open elective courses (as needed to reach 120 credits)Variable
Minimum Total Required Credits120
List ACredits
BIO 214 /214L – Genetics w/Lab4
BIO 245/245L – General Principles of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology I w/Lab4
BIO 322 – Comparative Animal Physiology3
BIO 330/330L – Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy w/Lab4
BIO 345/345L – General Principles of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology II w/Lab5
BIO 365 – Immunology3
BIO 370 – Cell and Molecular Biology3
BIO 407 – Developmental Biology3
BIO 450 – Biology Topics (with program approval)3
CHE 405 – Medicinal Chemistry3
List BCredits
PHI 370 – Philosophy of Psychology3
PHI 380 – Philosophy of Mind3
PSY 205 – Abnormal Psychology3
PSY 226 – Motivation and Emotion3
PSY 245 – Evolutionary Psychology3
PSY 275 – Introduction to Techniques in Animal Behavior3
PSY 285 – Research Methods3
PSY 290 – Developmental Psychopathology3
PSY 316 – Psychology of Consciousness3
PSY 325 – Psychology of Aging3
PSY 335 – Comparative Animal Behavior or BIO 335 – Animal Behavior/Behavioral Ecology3
PSY 362 – Animal Cognition3
PSY 364 – Social and Emotional Development in Childhood3
PSY 370 – Drugs, Society, and Behavior3
PSY 380 – Learning/Conditioning and Behavior Modification or PSY 384/ 384L – Animal Learning and Behavior w/Lab3–4
PSY 383 – Memory and Cognition3
PSY 425 – Advanced Methods in Animal Behavior3

Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.