This is not a concentration or minor plan. It is a list of recommended courses for students interested in this field of study.

Prerequisites

Many of these courses have prerequisites. Please refer to the current LS&A Bulletin or course guide for information regarding which courses are required. It is important that pre-requisites are taken early in a student’s academic career so that they will be completed in time to take the desired course.

This guide is helpful for students interested in graduate school in any of a number of disciplines with a focus on cognitive neuroscience or cognition and perception within psychology. This curriculum guide is also relevant for students with interests in artificial intelligence, medicine and public health. Such students are encouraged to develop a plan with a strong research focus from the beginning and consider completing an honors thesis, when possible.

Lower Division (100-299) Psychology Courses (in addition to an Introductory Psychology Course):

116 Introduction to Mind and Brain
231 Brain, Learning, and Memory (UC 261)

Breadth Courses:

These courses are recommended to be taken early in the student’s concentration plan as they serve as prerequisites to many upper division courses.

230 Introduction to Biopsychology
240 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Lab Courses:

The following courses may be used to satisfy a concentration lab requirement.
302 Special Problems Lab in Psychology/Natural Science
331 Laboratories in Biopsychology
341 Advanced Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology

Upper Division (300-599) Psychology Courses:

Students are advised to take as many upper-division courses as possible to fulfill concentration credit hours. Most students wishing to specialize in this area are advised to take more than the minimum 34 credits required.
345 Introduction to Human Neuropsychology
346 Learning and Memory
347 Perception
348 Psychology of Thinking 349 Talking Minds (LING 347)
352 Development of Language and Thought (LING 352)
355 Cognitive Development
432 Reproductive Behavior in Mammals
433 Biopsychology of Motivation
436 Drugs of Abuse, Brain and Behavior
437 Current Issues in Biopsychology
445 Psychology of Language (LING 447)
446 Human Factors Psychology
447 Current Topics in Cognition and Perception
448 Mathematical Psychology
531 Advanced Topics in Biopsychology
532 Mammalian Reproductive Endocrinology (EEB 541/ PHYSIOL 541/ ANAT 541)
533 Sleep: Neurobiology, Medicine, and Society (NEUROSCI 520)
541 Advanced Topics in Cognition and Perception

Interdisciplinary Courses:

These courses found across the university are recommended to give students a broad, interdisciplinary background in the area of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Students should consider how these courses may be used to satisfy other degree requirements (e.g. Area Distribution credit, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Reasoning, and Upper Level Writing Requirements).

* Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not offered through the college of Literature, Science and Arts (LS&A). These courses may have special restrictions and students may need to contact the department or instructor about requirements to elect the course.

*ANAT 401 Human Body
ANTHRCUL 330 Culture, Thought, and Meaning
BIOLOGY 208 Embryology
BIOLOGY 222 From Message to Mind: An Introduction to Neurobiology
BIOLOGY 225 Principles of Animal Physiology: Lecture
BIOLOGY 305 Genetics
BIOLOGY 310 Introductory Biochemistry
BIOLOGY 390 Evolution
*BIOLCHEM 415 Introductory Biochemistry
LING 315 Introduction to Syntax
LING 514 Semantics and Pragmatics
LING 555 Introduction to Cognitive Grammar
MCDB 307/ BIOLOGY 307 Developmental Biology
MCDB 418 Endocrinology
MCDB 419 Endocrinology Laboratory
MCDB 422/ *ANAT 422 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
MCDB 423 Introduction to Research in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
MCDB 425/ BIOLOGY 425/ *ANAT 425 Systems Neurobiology
MCDB 534 Developmental Neurobiology
PHIL 340 Mind, Matter, and Machines
PHIL 345 Language and Mind
PHIL 383 Knowledge and Reality
PHIL 417 Logic and Artificial Intelligence
PHIL 450 Philosophy of Cognition
PHIL 477 Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 482 Philosophy of Mind
PHYSICS 264/ *CMB 264/ UC 264 Intro. to Sensory Systems: Sound, Hearing, and Deafness
PHYSICS 290 Physics of the Body and Mind
STATS 406 Introduction to Statistical Computing