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Requirements and Courses

Requirements

  • An introductory course in Biology; one of:
    • Biology 131 (Biology Majors only)
    • Biology 120, 121 (premed Psychology Majors) -- cannot be taken before junior year.
    • Non-premed majors may take an intro Topics in Biology course that is approved by the Concentration Director.
  • Introduction to Psychology (Psychology 100 or 101)
  • Four additional courses within the Concentration (see below).
    •  One of these must be in the non-major department.
  • Students who do two semesters of thesis research need take no additional courses. The thesis is normally completed as part of a student's home department graduation requirements.
  • Students who do only one semester of research must take an additional course.
  • Students who do not do thesis work must take two additional Concentration courses.
  • In addition, concentrators must:
    • Complete two semesters in another science or mathematics (e.g., chemistry, physics or mathematics) and
    • Participate in the concentration's periodic co-curricular programs.

Courses

  • Sensation and Perception (Psy 220)
  • Physiological Psychology (Psy 221)
  • Learning (Psy 223)
  • Cognition and Memory (Psy 236)
  • Psychology of Language (Psy 237)
  • Evolution and Behavior (Psy 253)
  • Biology of Mental Disorders (Psy 315)
  • Drugs of Abuse (Psy 316)
  • Neuroanatomy and Behavior (Psy 321)
  • Hormones and Behavior (Psy 322)
  • Cognitive Neuroscience (Psy 299)
  • Mind, Body, Health and Medicine (Psy 366)


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  • Biology Principles (Bio 114) [approval of concentration director required]
  • Vertebrate Endocrinology (Bio 241)
  • Cellular Biology (Bio 266) [lab required]
  • Evolution (Bio 283)
  • Ethology and Behavioral Ecology (Bio 287)
  • Animal Physiology (Bio 390) [lab required]
  • Biochemistry I (Bio 301)


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