Cognitive Neuroscience Minor

Cognitive neuroscience is the study of the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying higher-order human cognitive processes, such as attention, memory, perception and emotion.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in the clinical health sciences (medicine, physical therapy, clinical psychology, neuropsychology) and you want to do basic and applied research on the central nervous system, the cognitive neuroscience minor might be a great choice for you.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted.

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Cognitive Neuroscience Minor Core Requirements

Students are required to complete the following courses:

Basic Sciences

  • PY151 Introduction to Psychology 
  • BY140 Biology I: Inheritance, evolution and diversity 
  • BY142 Biology I Laboratory (2 credits)
  • BY160 Biology II: Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • BY162 Biology II Laboratory (2 credits)
  • CM131 General Chemistry I (4 credits)*
  • CM132 General Chemistry II (4 credits)*
  • PH141 Physics for Life Sciences I (4 credits)**
  • PH142 Physics for Life Sciences II (4 credits)**

Cognitive Neuroscience

  • BY/PY458 Cognitive Neuroscience
  • BY/PY454 Physiological Psychology ***
  • BY/PY460 Neurobiology

*CM103/105 and CM104/106 will also satisfy the chemistry requirement.
**PH131 and PH132 will also satisfy the physics requirement.
***Biology majors taking the cognitive neuroscience minor cannot use PY/BY454 as one of their biology elective courses.

Cognitive Neuroscience Minor Core Electives

Students must complete two courses from each of the following:

Psychology

  • PY317 Psychology of Psychoactive Drugs 
  • BY/PY358 Animal Learning and Cognition 
  • PY/BY357 Human Cognitive Evolution 
  • BY/PY359 Perception 
  • PY360 Learning and Memory 
  • PY462 Abnormal Psychology 
  • PY463 Health Psychology 

Biology

  • BY360 Physiology 
  • BY480 Advanced Cell Biology 
  • BY214 Genetics 
  • BY310 Developmental Biology 
  • BY350 Comparative Anatomy 
  • BY471 Anatomy and Physiology I 
  • BY472 Anatomy and Physiology II