Minor in Neuroscience

The outline below for the Neuroscience minor is for the Classes of 2010 and forward.

The Minor in Neuroscience is administered by the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and is overseen by the Neuroscience Steering Committee for 2010-2011: Profs. Paul Whalen, Chair, Jeffrey Taube and Robert Maue. It is intended to provide formal recognition for students who have concentrated some of their academic work in the interdisciplinary area of Neuroscience. The courses come from the Departments of Biological Sciences and Psychological and Brain Sciences. The minor can accommodate majors in either department as well as majors in all other departments. The minor requires six courses: one prerequisite, two required courses, and three electives. One elective must be at the 50s level or higher. Many of the courses may require permission of the instructor in addition to prerequisite courses.

Prerequisite (1 course):

PSYC 6 Introduction to Neuroscience OR BIOL 34 Neurobiology OR PSYC 1 Introductory Psychology

Required (2 core courses and 3 electives):

Core Courses:

PSYC 46 Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience OR BIOL 12 Cell Structure & Function

PSYC 65 Systems Neuroscience (formerly Physiology of Behavior)

Electives: Choose 3 neuroscience electives; 1 of the courses must be at the 50s level or higher:

BIOL 27 Animal behavior

BIOL 37 Endocrinology

BIOL 69 Cell signaling

BIOL 74 Advanced neurobiology

BIOL 79 Genetics and physiology of behavior

EDUC See list of approved Education courses for 2009-2010

PSYC 21 Perception

PSYC 45 Behavioral Neuroscience OR PSYC 26 Physiological Psychology for Casses 2010 - 2011

PSYC 28 Cognition

PSYC 40 Introduction to computational neuroscience

PSYC 43 Emotion

PSYC 46 Cellular and molecular neuroscience

PSYC 50 Issues in Neuroscience: See list of approved PSYC 50 courses for 2009-2010

PSYC 51 Issues in Information Processing

PSYC 52 Issues in Learning & Development: See list of approved PSYC 52 courses for 2009-2010

PSYC 53 Issues in Social Psychology: See list of approved PSYC 53 courses for 2009-2010

PSYC 60 Principles of human brain mapping with fMRI

PSYC 64 Laboratory in sensory psychology

PSYC 80s level Seminar: See list of approved PSYC 80s level seminars for 2009-2010

PHYSIOLOGY 150 Seminar in molecular and cellular neuroscience

Dartmouth Medical School See list of approved Dartmouth Medical School courses for 2009-2010

Note: With permission of the Neuroscience Steering Committee, other courses that are appropriate given the student’s area of specialization may be taken for credit.

Note: Required and Elective Courses cannot count toward both the major and minor.