Mission & Student Learning Goals for a Major in Neuroscience (B.S.)
The mission of the undergraduate program in Neuroscience (NS) within the Department of Biological Sciences at Wagner College is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of modern neuroscience and offer training that is applicable to laboratory, instructional and clinical careers. Interdisciplinary by nature, the neuroscience curriculum will emphasize the physical, biochemical, molecular, and physiological underpinnings of the central and peripheral nervous system.
By graduation, neuroscience majors should possess or have demonstrated:
- A basic knowledge of fundamental concepts in cell and molecular, cognitive, and anatomical neuroscience.
- An extended knowledge of signal propagation and neuronal communication.
- A clear conceptual knowledge of sensory modalities.
- A general knowledge of behavioral neuroscience.
- A basic knowledge of statistical analysis.
Requirements for a Major in Neuroscience (B.S.)
Requirements for a BS in Neuroscience
Checklist for a BS in Neuroscience
A minimum of 21 units with the following distribution:
Foundation requirements - 4 units as follows:
Biology 213, 215, 217 and 221
Upper-level requirements - 2 units as follows:
Biology 350, 360
Major Core - 4 units as follows:
Neuroscience 310, 320; Psychology 351, 442
Electives - 2 units chosen from the following:
Two 300-level or higher Biological Sciences
OR one 300-level or higher Biological Sciences and one Physical Sciences or Math
OR Research Track NS493 and NS494
Cognate courses - 7 units as follows:
Chemistry 111, 112, 211, and 212;
Math 121
Physics 131, 132 or Physics 141, 142;
Senior Learning Community and Capstone - 2 units:
Neuroscience 400E (zero units)
Biology 400
NS 491
A laboratory section must be taken as part of any course for which a laboratory section is offered. Lecture and laboratory must be taken concurrently.