Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title
Group A: Foundation Courses
Introductory Biology
BIO 195 Lab-Based Biological Inquiry
Cellular Biology
BIO 202	Cellular Basis of Life
Chemistry
CHEM 107	Atomic and Molecular Structure/Lab
CHEM 108	Chemical Reactivity/Lab
CHEM 217	Organic Chemistry I/Lab
Introduction to Neuroscience
NRSC 160	Introduction to Neuroscience
Statistics
Complete one course from the following:
BIO 244	Biostatistics
BIO 282	Research Design and Analysis in Environmental Science
ENVR 282	Research Design and Analysis in Environmental Science
PSYC 218	Statistics
Group B: Upper-Level Core Courses
Complete at least two courses from the following:
NRSC 308	Neurobiology
NRSC 330	Cognitive Neuroscience/Lab
NRSC 357	Computational Neuroscience
NRSC 363	Physiological Psychology/Lab
PSYC 363	Physiological Psychology/Lab
Group C: Neuroscience Electives 1
Complete at least three courses from the following:
BIO 319	Neurogenetics
BIO 334	Medical Genetics
BIO 337	Animal Physiology/Lab
CHEM 320	Mechanisms of Memory
NRSC 305	Gene Editing in Biology and Neuroscience
NRSC 311	Hypothalamus: The Brain's Control Center
NRSC 320	Mechanisms of Memory
NRSC 324	Neuroscience of Vision
NRSC 325	Neural Development
NRSC 328	Diseases of the Nervous System
NRSC 329	Neurofeedback: Tapping the Brain’s Potential
NRSC 334	Medical Genetics
NRSC 335	Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System
NRSC 390	Psychobiology of Movement
NRSC 399	Junior-Senior Seminar in Biological Psychology
NRSC 467	Genetic Engineering in Neuroscience
NRSC S22	Methods in Visual Neuroscience
NRSC S23	Histology and Photomicrography for Analyzing the Morphology of Neurons and Brian Tissue
NRSC S32	The Sleeping Brain
PSYC 302	Sensation and Perception
PSYC 305	Animal Learning
Group D: Neuroscience in Humanistic Context
Complete at least one course from the following:
AMST 267	Blood, Genes, and American Culture
DCS 252	Philosophy of Cognitive Science
ENG 263	Literature, Medicine, Empathy
FYS 573	Sex in the Brain: the Neuroscience of Hormones, Sex, and Gender
NRSC 225	The Neuroscience of Video: How the Screen Affects Our Brains and Our Minds
NRSC 252	Philosophy of Cognitive Science
NRSC 310	The History of Neuroscience, From Antiquity to A.I.
PHIL 210	Philosophy of Cognitive Science
PHIL 211	Philosophy of Science
PHIL 213	Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 233	Making Moral Minds: Nature, Nurture, and the Sources of Morality
PHIL 235	Philosophy of Mind
PSYC 253	Music and the Embodied Mind
Group E: Senior Capstone 2
Complete at least one of the following:
Capstone Thesis
Complete the following courses:
NRSC 457	Capstone Thesis in Neuroscience
NRSC 458	Capstone Thesis in Neuroscience
Capstone Seminar
Complete one course from the following:
NRSC 459	Community-Engaged Learning Capstone
NRSC 464	Capstone Seminar in Systems Neuroscience

¹

Students cannot count more than one 100-level and one Short Term course in Group C. Students may apply additional courses from Group B to Group C if they wish.

²

Must be taken senior year.

Courses Taken Outside of Bates

For students who matriculated to Bates as first-year students, a maximum of two non-Bates courses can be counted toward the major, pending approval from the program chair.

Pass/Fail

Pass/Fail grading may not be elected for courses applied toward the major.

Restricted Declarations

Students who have declared the Neuroscience major may not declare the following:

• Biochemistry major
• Biology major
• Chemistry major
• Chemistry (C003) GEC
• Psychology major

Other Considerations

Students cannot count more than one 100-level and one Short Term course in Group C.