Boggs Center for Energy and BiotechnologyTulane University

Undergraduate: Curriculum

Required Core Courses (9 credits)

F = taught fall semester, S = taught spring semester
NSCI/PSYC 367 (F, S) 3 Brain and Behavior Colombo/Daniel/Wee
NSCI/CELL 331 (F) 3 Cellular Neuroscience Tasker
NSCI/CELL 332 (S) 3 Systems Neuroscience Schrader
 

Elective Courses (Minimum of 12 credits, including minimum of 3 labs)

Elective Neuroscience Courses (Minimum of 6 credits)
NSCI 600 (F) 3 Neuroscience Methods Wee
NSCI/PSYC 651 3 Biological Psychology Colombo
NSCI/PSYC 653 (F) 3 Psychopharmacology Dohanich
NSCI/PSYC 655 (S) 3 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Dohanich/Wee
NSCI/PSYC 657 (F, S) 3 Cognitive Neuroscience Golob
NSCI/PSYC 659 3 Stress and Trauma Overstreet
NSCI/CELL 434 (S) 3 Neurobiology of Disease Staff
NSCI/CELL 435 (S) 3 Developmental Neurobiology Inglis
NSCI/CELL 437 (F) 3 Molecular Neurobiology Inglis
NSCI/CELL 663 (F) 3 Cellular Neurophysiology Staff
CELL 665 (taught every other spring) 3 Synaptic Organization of the Brain Tasker
NSCI/LING 411/611 3 Brain and Language Howard
 
Elective Laboratory Courses (Minimum of 3 labs, at least one in a Neuroscience area)
Neuroscience Labs
NSCI 601(F, S) 1 Neuroscience Methods Laboratory Wee
NSCI/PSYC 652 (F) 1 Biological Psychology Lab Colombo/Hebert
NSCI/PSYC 654 (F) 1 Psychopharmacology Lab Dohanich/Hebert
NSCI/PSYC 656 (S) 1 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lab Dohanich/Wee
NSCI/PSYC 658 (S) 1 Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Golob/Hebert
NSCI/CELL 334 (taught every other spring) 1 Neuroanatomy Lab Staff
NSCI/CELL 466   Neurophysiology Lab Cronin
Note: Independent study (3 credits) or Honor's Thesis (7 credits) in neuroscience research may count as one Neuroscience Lab course
 
Non-Neuroscience Labs
PSYC 313 4 Experimental Psychology Staff
PSYC 369 4 Comparative Animal Behavior Lab Christenson
CELL 211 (F) 1 General Biology Lab Boudaba
CELL 302 (S) 1 Cell Biology Lab Dotson
CELL 312 (S) 1 Molecular Biology Lab Hopkins
CELL 411 (S) 4 Cells and Tissues Staff
CELL 413 (F) 4 Embryology Staff
EBIO 444 1 Human Physiology Lab Staff
BMEN 303/313 (F) 4 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Dancisak
BMEN 304/314 (S) 4 Human Anatomy & Physiology II Dancisak
 
Elective Lecture Courses
PSYC 209 4 Univariate Statistics I Corey/Ruscher
PSYC 333 3 Abnormal Psychology Wilson
PSYC 368 3 Comparative Animal Behavior Christenson
PSYC 611 3 Univariate Statistics II Corey
PSYC 613 3 Multivariate Statistics Corey
CELL 205 3 Genetics Dotson
CELL 301 3 Cell Biology Dotson
CELL 311 3 Molecular Biology Thien/Mullin
CELL 321 3 Cellular Physiology Staff
CELL 401 3 Cellular Biochemistry Hopkins
CELL 416 3 Developmental Biology Burdsal/Cserjesi
CELL 608 3 Advanced Developmental and Cell Biology Burdsal/Cserjesi/Muneoka
EBIO 101/111 4 Diversity of Life (Lecture/Lab) Fleury
EBIO 333 3 Human Physiology Guill
 

Co-Requisite Courses

PSYC 100 3 Introductory Psychology Staff
CELL 101 3 General Biology Staff
CHEM 107/117 4 General Chemistry Staff
CHEM 108/118 4 General Chemistry Staff
CHEM 241/243 4 Organic Chemistry Staff
CHEM 242/244 4 Organic Chemistry Staff
PHYS 121 or 131 4 General Physics Staff
PHYS 122 or 132 4 General Physics Staff

Note: Students must meet their math requirements for the B. S. degree. At least one semester of Calculus is recommended.

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