Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience
Co-Coordinators: Drs. Irving Biederman and Albert Herrera
Undergraduate Advisor: Lica Abu-Esba abuesba@dornsife.usc.edu; & Briana Weiland,
bweiland@dornsife.usc.edu
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.
Degree Requirements
The degree requires 8 core courses (32 units) and 4 elective courses (12-16 units) for a total of
44-48 units.
Core Requirements
BISC 220L or
General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or
BISC 221
Advanced General Biology
CHEM 103Lx or General Chemistry for the Environment & Life or
CHEM 105aLg CHEM 105aLg, General Chemistry
MATH 125
Calculus
PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 274*
Statistics I
PSYC 440
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
BISC 421
Neurobiology
BISC 408
Systems Neuroscience
*An equivalent course may be substituted with permission
Units
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Four upper-division elective courses from the following list below are required. At least one
course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be NEUR 490. No
more than 4 units of NEUR 490x may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement.
HBIO 306
BISC 307L
BISC 313
BISC 320L
BISC 325
BISC 330L
BISC 403
BISC 406L
BISC 410
BISC 411
BISC 422L
BISC 423
Electives
Units
Primate Social Behavior and Ecology
4
General Physiology
4
Evolution & Population Genetics
4
Molecular Biology
4
Genetics
4
Biochemistry
4
Advanced Molecular Biology
4
Biotechnology
4
Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine
4
Cell Biology
4
Neurobiology Laboratory
4
Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of Neurological Disorders.
4
BISC 424
BISC 426
BISC 462
BISC 480
MATH 265*
NEUR 490x
PSYC 301
PSYC 304
PSYC 305
PSYC 320
PSYC 326
PSYC 404
PSYC 420
PSYC 424
PSYC 425
PSYC 426
PSYC 438
PSYC 450L
BME 402
CSCI 360
GERO 414
GERO 415
Brain Architecture
Principles of Neural Development
Seminar in Neurobiology
Developmental Biology
Mathematical and Computational Methods for Neuroscience
Directed Research
Cognitive Processes
Sensation and Perception
Learning and Memory
Principles of Psychobiology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Psychophysiology of Emotion
Animal Behavior
Neuropsychology
Functional Imaging of the Human Brain
Motivated Behaviors
Behavioral Genetics
Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive Processes
Control & Communication in the Nervous System
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Neurobiology of Aging
Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
* Only an elective for BA and Minor.
A graduate class from the following list can be substituted for an upper-division elective with
permission
BME 575*
Computational Neuroengineering
3
CSCI 564*
Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence
3
NEUR 524* Advanced Neurosciences I
4
NEUR 531* Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
3
NEUR 532* Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology
3
PSYC 506*
Learning and Cognition
4
PSYC 510*
Visual Cognition
4
PSYC 540*
Cognitive Neuroscience
4
PSYC 544*
Psychophysiology
4
PSYC 545*
Neuropsychology
4
PSYC 547*
Functional Neuroanatomy
4
PSYC 551*
Decision Neuroscience
4
*with minimum GPA of 3.3 and permission of co-directors and instructor