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Neuroscience Program

Skidmore College
Neuroscience Program
815 N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866


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Majors

THE NEUROSCIENCE MAJOR: To fulfill the major, students must complete the following:
  1. Gateway course: NS101 (Neuroscience: Mind and Behavior)

  2. Core courses:

    BI105 Biological Sciences I: Unity of Life;
    BI106 Biological Sciences II: Unity of Life;
    CH105 Chemical Principles I and
    CH106 Chemical Principles II, or
    CH107H Intensive General Chemistry Honors;
    PS217 Statistical Methods in Psychology I**
    PS304 Physiological Psychology or
    PS306 Experimental Psychology**

  3. Integrative course: NS277 (Integrative Seminar in Neuroscience Research)

  4. Elective courses:

    1. Choose three courses from the following set of 200-level electives. Two of these electives must have a BI designation, and one must have a PS designation.

      PS 213 Hormones and Behavior
      PS 231 Neuropsychology**
      PS 232 Introduction to Cognitive Science
      BI 242 Introduction to Molecular Cell Biology
      BI 244 Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
      BI 245 Principles of Genetics
      BI 247 Cell Biology
      NS212 Psychological Topics in Neuroscience (will count as PS)
      NS213 Biological Topics in Neuroscience (will count as BI)

    2. Choose four courses from the following set of 300-level electives. At least two of these electives must have a PS designation, and at least one elective must have a BI designation.

      BI 306 Mammalian Physiology
      BI 311 Biological Electron Microscopy
      or BI 351 Advanced Light Microscopy
      BI 316 Animal Behavior
      BI 342 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
      BI 344 Biological Clocks
      BI 349 Neuroendocrinology
      BI 352/353 Topics in Advanced Genetics (when topic is appropriate for NS majors)
      PS 304 Physiological Psychology***
      PS 306 Experimental Psychology***
      PS 323 Psycholinguistics
      PS 324 Cognition
      PS 325 Perception
      PS 327 Computational Neuroscience
      PS 341 Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience: Left Brain/Right Brain


**The prerequisite of PS101 Introduction to General Psychology is waived for neuroscience majors taking these courses.
***Unless taken to fulfill the core requirement; see Section 2 above.

With the exception of NS277, none of the regular courses that count toward the major may be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

HONORS: Successful completion of two tutorial projects (PS375 and 376, or two semesters of BI 385) are required for consideration for Honors.

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