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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Neuroscience B.S.
Sample Plan: Neuroscience
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.5 cr
BIOL 1805 - Nature of Life: Introducing New Students to the Biological Sciences : 0.5 cr
MATH 1241 - Calculus and Dynamical Systems in Biology : 4.0 cr : MATH
Elective :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CHEM 1081 - Chemistry for the Life Sciences I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.5 cr
BIOL 1806 - Nature of Life, Part Two : 0.5 cr
BIOL 2002 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part I : 6.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1082 - Chemistry for the Life Sciences II : 3.0 cr
CHEM 1086 - Chemistry for the Life Sciences II Laboratory : 1.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.5 cr
BIOL 2905 - Nature of Life, Part III : 0.5 cr
BIOL 2003 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part II : 3.0 cr
BIOL 3004 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part II Laboratory : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
CHEM 2081 - Chemistry for the Life Sciences III : 3.0 cr
CHEM 2085 - Chemistry for the Life Sciences III Laboratory : 2.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.5 cr
BIOL 2906 - Nature of Life, Part IV : 0.5 cr
BIOL 3025 - Molecular Biology and Society : 3.0 cr : TS
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Arts/Humanities) :4.0 cr
EEB 3409 - Evolution : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
NSCI 3101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems : 3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :4.0 cr
NSCI 2101 - Human Neuroanatomy : 4.0 cr : BIOL
BIOC 3022 - Biochemistry for Life Scientists : 3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
NSCI 3102W - Neurobiology II: Perception and Behavior : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
BIOL 4003 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
NSCI 4101 - Development of the Nervous System: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms : 3.0 cr
NSCI 4994 - Directed Research : 1.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
PHYS 1202W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine II : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 4004 - Cell Biology : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
NSCI 4994 - Directed Research : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
NSCI 3001W - Neuroscience and Society : 4.0 cr : CIV, WI