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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**
      BI 242 Introduction to Molecular Cell Biology
      BI 244 Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
      BI 245 Principles of Genetics
      BI 247 Cell Biology

    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
      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.