The Individualized Major must consist of at least 36 credits. The courses listed below are recommended for students who are interested in cognitive neuroscience. To learn more about a course, click on the name to bring up the department’s course description and pre-requisites required (if any).
- One of the following courses: 01:185:201: Cognitive Science: A Multi-disciplinary Introduction, recitation included (4) and/or 01:185:301: Cognition and Decision Making, recitation included (4) and/or 01:185:310: The Concept of Concepts in Cognitive Science (3) and/or 01:185:320: Research Methods in Cognitive Science (3) and/or 01:185:410: Language and Cognition (3) and/or 01:185:411: Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science I, recitation included (4).
- 01:185:495: Research in Cognitive Science (minimum 3 credits). Students may also fulfill this requirement via Departmental Honors or College Honors courses.
- Two or more of the following courses:
01:146:245: Fundamentals of Neurobiology (3)
01:146:295: Essentials of Cell Bio and Neuro (3)
01:146:445: Advanced Neurobiology I (4)
01:146:447: Advanced Neurobiology II (3)
01:447:380: Genetics (4)
01:447:484: Behavioral and Neural Genetics (3)
01:119:195: Brain, Mind and Behavior (3) - One or more of the following courses:
01:730:329: Minds, Machines and Persons (3)
01:730:360: Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science (3)
01:730:418: Philosophy of Mind (3) - Two or more of the following courses:
01:830:305: Cognition (3)
01:830:313: Physiological Psychology (3)
01:830:361: Developmental Psychobiology (3)
01:830:410: Advanced Topics in Psychobiology (3)
01:830:411: Advanced Topics in Psychobiology, WI (3)
01:830:412: Neuropsychopharmacology (3)
01:830:463: Behavioral Pharmacology (3) - One or more of the following courses:
01:198:107: Computing for Math and Sciences (3)
01:198:111: Introduction to Computer Science (4)
01:198:440: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4)
01:640:338: Discrete and Probabilistic Models in Biology (3)
14:125:405: Introduction to Neural Processes (3)
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