Program: Neuroscience, BS - University of Scranton

Apr 02, 2025

Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Major in Neuroscience

43 to 46 credits.

Majors must take 12 credits in electives which include: two from biology and two from psychology. Courses appropriate for biology majors would count for a biology elective and courses appropriate for a psychology major would count for a psychology elective. In addition, majors must take either 3 credits of NEUR 493 - Undergraduate Research in Neuroscience or NEUR 490 - Neuroscience: Literature and Society I and NEUR 491 - Neuroscience: Literature and Society II . With permission of the director, NEUR 384 may be used to fulfill one psychology or biology elective requirement.

Cognate in Neuroscience

31 to 37 credits.

Students should consider their projected graduate program when choosing cognate electives from the areas of chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science, and data sciences. Students may take 6 of the 18 cognate elective credits from biology or psychology areas.

For information on Neuroscience courses visit our Neuroscience Courses page. For information on all courses offered, visit our Course Descriptions page.

For more information about this program, visit the websites for the Biology, Chemistry and Psychology departments.

Neuroscience Curriculum

	*Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course*	Fall Cr.	*Spr. Cr.*
First Year
MAJOR (GE NSCI)	BIOL 141 - (E) (FYOC, FYDT Lab only) General Biology (with lab) – BIOL 142 - (E) (FYOC, FYDT Lab only) General Biology (with lab)*	4.5	4.5
MAJOR	NEUR 110 - Neuroscience Lab Rotations — NEUR 111 - Neuroscience Research Literature	0.5	1
COGNATE	CHEM 112-113 - (E) General and Analytical Chemistry /CHEM 112L-113L	4.5	4.5
COGNATE (GE QUAN)	MATH 114 - (Q) Calculus I		4
MAJOR (GE S/BH)	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition		3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar ²
GE T/RS	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible	3
		15.5	17
Second Year
MAJOR	ELECT - Major Elective		3
MAJOR	NEUR 231 - (E) Behavioral Neuroscience	4.5
MAJOR	PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences	3
MAJOR	NEUR 330 - (EPW) Neuroscience Research Methods ¹		4
COGNATE ELECT	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3-4.5	3-4.5
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy — T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
		13.5-15	13-14.5
Third Year
MAJOR	NEUR 358 - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	3
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECT - Major Electives	6-8	3-4
COGNATE ELECT	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	3-4
GE PHIL	PHIL 210 - Ethics		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective		3
		15-17	15-17
Fourth Year
MAJOR	NEUR 493 - Undergraduate Research in Neuroscience or NEUR 490 - Neuroscience: Literature and Society I and NEUR 491 - Neuroscience: Literature and Society II	3-1.5	0-1.5
COGNATE ELECT	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	6-8
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL ELECT - Philosophy Elective or T/RS ELECT- T/RS Elective		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	9
		14.5-18	16.5
	Total: 120 - 129 Credits

¹ NEUR 330 fulfills one of the writing-intensive requirements of the general education program.

²The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

*Successful completion of BIOL 141 Lab and BIOL 142 Lab satisfies the EP requirement.

Neuroscience, BS

Major in Neuroscience

Cognate in Neuroscience

Neuroscience Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 - 129 Credits