Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
Co-Coordinators: Drs. Irving Biederman and Albert Herrera
Undergraduate Advisors: 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 14 core courses (54-56 units) and 5 elective courses (16-20 units) for a total
of 70-76 units.
Core Requirements
BISC 220L or General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or Advanced
BISC 221L
General Biology
CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry
or CHEM
115aL
CHEM 105bLg General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry
or CHEM
115bL
CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry
CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry
ITP 115 or
Programming in Python , 2 units
ITP 168 or
Introduction to Matlab, 2 units
ITP 109 or
Introduction to Java Programming 2 Units
CSCI 103L or Introduction to Programming 3 Units
CSCI 455 or
Introduction to Programming System Design 4 Units
EE 150
Engineering Computational Methods 3 Units
MATH 125
Calculus
PHYS 135aL or Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics I
PHYS 151
PHYS 135bL or Physics for Life Science or Fundamentals of Physics II
PHYS 152
PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 274*
Statistics
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
4
4
4
4
4
Five upper-division elective courses from the list below are required. At least one course in the
upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be 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
BISC 424
BISC 426
BISC 462
BISC 480
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
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
Brain Architecture
4
Principles of Neural Development
4
Seminar in Neurobiology
2
Developmental Biology
4
Directed Research
4
Cognitive Processes
4
Sensation and Perception
4
Learning and Memory
4
Principles of Psychobiology
4
Behavioral Neuroscience
4
Psychophysiology of Emotion
4
Animal Behavior
4
Neuropsychology
4
Functional Imaging of the Human Brain
4
Motivated Behaviors
4
Behavioral Genetics
4
Neural Network Models of Social and Cognitive Processes
4
Control & Communication in the Nervous System
3
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
4
Neurobiology of Aging
4
Neuroaffective Disorders of Aging
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*
CSCI 564*
NEUR 524*
NEUR 531*
NEUR 532*
PSYC 506*
PSYC 510*
PSYC 540*
PSYC 544*
PSYC 545*
PSYC 547*
PSYC 551*
Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Neurosciences I
Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology
Learning and Cognition
Visual Cognition
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychophysiology
Neuropsychology
Functional Neuroanatomy
Decision Neuroscience
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
*with minimum GPA of 3.3 and permission of co-directors and instructor