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Forms and Guidelines

Relevant forms and guidelines for current Neuroscience Majors and Minors

Forms for Current Students

Approved Special Topics and Honors Courses

These courses have been pre-approved to count towards the Neuroscience major or minor.  Your advisor should be able to process an exception to count any of the listed courses towards one of the specific requirements listed for each course. If you would like us to consider counting a course that is not on this list, you can submit a request to have it evaluated.

Note that many of these courses have restrictions or prerequisites and you may need special permission to register for them. If you are unable to register in any of these courses you should contact the instructor of the course or the undergraduate office in the department offering the course to discuss any permissions/overrides you will need and the process for obtaining them.

Current Semester - Spring 2025

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, NND Concentration - substitution for BIOL 505 or 'Additional Courses'

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, CBN Concentration-List A

NEW COURSE - An overview of neurodevelopmental disorders, focusing on the known genetic and environmental mechanisms leading to altered nervous system function. Discussion for each disorder will include how the nervous system is altered, the underlying biological mechanisms, and current/future treatments. Includes discussion of scientific journal articles.

*** Students who have previously taken Dr. Welshhans course as BIOL 599 cannot take this course for additional credit***

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, NND Concentration - substitution for BIOL 505 or 'Additional Courses'

NEW COURSE - Hands-on introduction in Python to the analysis of neuroscience data (human neuroimaging and cellular electrophysiology), including various aspects such as data wrangling, statistics, classification, and visualization.

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective

NEW COURSE - Role of motor development in the growth and development of individuals exhibiting impaired motor control.

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List A

NEW COURSE - Application of neuroscientific theories and measurements to human performance and expertise.

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List A

Theories, controversies, and research findings on the nature of various states of consciousness; topics such as sleep/dreams, hypnosis, drug-induced states, and psychic phenomena.

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, 

NEW COURSE - Characteristics, causes, needs, and intervention strategies for individuals with neurodevelopmental differences including a focus on biological, societal, cognitive, physical, and social/emotional strengths and challenges.

*** Students who have previously taken Dr. Edmunds course as PSYC 589 cannot take this course for additional credit***

Can count as: NND Concentration

This course will overview of the principles, theory, and applications of human affective neuroscience. The course introduces theory and research in major areas of affective neuroscience, including cross-level integration of biological data, including neural and physiological data, with affective science, and cognitive proceseses. The course will describe laboratory techniques and methodological principles in human affective neuroscience methods and will include demonstrations. Readings will include introductions to topics and relevant selections from the current literature. The basis of the course will involve a combination of lecture and discussions co-facilitated by students and the professor.

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration-List B

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration-List B

Can count as: Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration-List B

 

Previous Semesters

  • BIOL 599-002 (Instructor: Schumpert) - Epigenetics [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration]
  • PSYC 589-001 (Instructor: Reynolds) - Psychology of Sleep [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration-List B, NND Concentration]
  • BIOL 599-001 (Instructor: Welshhans) - Biology of Human Neurodevelopmental Disorders [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, NND Concentration]
  • BIOL 599-003 (Instructor: Speiser) - Sensory Biology [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, CBN Concentration - List A]
  • EXSC 555-001 (Instructor: Moore) - Neuroscience of Performance [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B]
  • EXSC 562-001 (Instructor: Herter) - Impairments of the Human Motor System [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List A]
  • PSYC 589-001 (Instructor: Reynolds) - Psychology of Sleep [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B, NND Concentration]
  • PSYC 589-005 (Instructor: Hudac - Affective Neuroscience [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B
  • SCHC 402-H01 (Instructor: Rorden & Newman-Norlund) - The ABC's of Neuroimaging [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B, Research Requirement]
  • NSCI 560-001 (Instructor: Desai) - Language and Brain [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B]
  • SCHC 401-H01 and 401L-H01 (Instructor: Matchin) - Language and the Brain [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B]
  • SCHC 330-H01 (Instructor: Levens) - Food and Eating Behavior [Major Elective, Minor Elective]
  • MUSC 310-001 (Instructor: Alcalde) - Music Cognition [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B]

 

  • PSYC 589-001 (Instructor: Rorden) - From Image to Inference [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CBN Concentration - List B]
  • NSCI 560-001 (Instructon: Mactutus) - Neurotoxicology [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, CBN Concentration]
  • BIOL 599 (Instructor: Welshhans) - Biology of Human Neurodevelopmental Disorders [Major Elective, Minor Elective, CMN Concentration, NND Concentration]
  • CSCE 590 (Instructor: O'Reilly) - Analysis of Neurosciene Data [Major Elective, Minor Elective]

 


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