A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Neuroscience Major
- Total credits (published)
- 60-62
- Credits (computed from items)
- 39-40
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 215770
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_215770_5ec45490
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Cornerstone Core Curriculum Requirements
major core · 0 items
First Year Course Requirements
1 item
- 3
World History Course Area
1 item
- or: HIS 102 Movements in World Historyor: HIS 103 Empires in World History3
Philosophy Requirements
0 items
Either Level One or Level Two (but not both) -- must be Ethics designated. If approved, philosophy courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as Philosophy Level Two and as a Mission Overlay course.
2 items
- Philosophy Level OneNot resolved to a course3
- Philosophy Level TwoNot resolved to a course3
Theology & Religious Studies Requirements
0 items
If approved, Theology & Religious Studies courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as CCC Theology and as a Mission Overlay course.
2 items
- TheologyNot resolved to a course3
- Religious StudiesNot resolved to a course3
Diversity & INT 151 Requirements
0 items
A student's Diversity course may not count for any other CCC course area requirement or as their Mission Overlay course. If approved, Diversity courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive Overlay requirement. INT 151 may not count for any other CCC requirements. This course must be taken in the first two years
2 items
- DiversityNot resolved to a course3
- 1
Math & Natural Science Requirements
0 items
If approved, Math & Natural Science Requirements may count toward overlay requirements.
2 items
- MathematicsNot resolved to a course3-4
- Natural ScienceNot resolved to a course4
Social Science Requirement
0 items
If approved, such Social Science Requirement may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Non-Native Language Requirement
0 items
A single Non-Native Language course may not count as an overlay course but a second language course fulfills a student's Mission Overlay requirement.
0 items
Literature Requirement
0 items
If approved, Literature courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design Requirement
0 items
If approved, Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Overlay Requirements
1 item
- Writing-IntensiveNot resolved to a course3
If approved, Writing-Intensive courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, electives, or as any CCC course area requirement except for the first-year courses (World History and Rhetoric and Composition).
electives · 1 item
- Mission-OverlayNot resolved to a course3
Mission Overlay courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, elective courses, or any of the following CCC course areas: Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design, Literature, Mathematics, Natural Science, or Social Science.
electives · 0 items
Recommended CCC Courses
0 items
Social Science
1 item
- or: PSY 101 Intro Psychology Seminar3
Major Requirements
major core · 1 item
- BIO 101& 101LBio I: Cellsand Bio I: Cells Lab (will count for CCC: Natural Science)Not resolved to a course4
Mathematics (will count as CCC: Mathematics)
2 items
- 3
- 4
Fundamental Requirements
7 items
- 1
- CHM 125& 125LGeneral Chemistry IIand General Chemistry Lab IINot resolved to a course
- PHY 102& 102LGeneral Physics IIand General Physics Laboratory IINot resolved to a course
- BIO 201& 201LBio III: Organismic Biologyand Bio III: Organismic Biol LabNot resolved to a course
- or: BIO 412 Neurobiology3
- 3
- 1
Statistics Course (choose one):
5 items
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
12 Credits of Core Courses Required
major core · 0 items
Research/Experiential Requirement: Select 2 courses from Group A or 3 credits from Group B
0 items
Group A: Research-Intensive Core Courses
major core · 4 items
- BIO 401& 401LAnimal Behaviorand Animal Behavior LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 430& 430LNeurological Disordersand Neurological Disorders LabNot resolved to a course
- PHY/NSC 425Biophysics of the BrainNot resolved to a course
- 3
Group B: Internship, Independent Research, or Independent Study (these courses must be approved by the Neuroscience Director)
7 items
- 1-3
- 1-3
- 1-6
- 1-6
- 0-3
- 0-3
- 3
Core Electives (variable depending on number of Research Intensive courses completed)
electives · 13 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- BIO 401& 401LAnimal Behaviorand Animal Behavior LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 430& 430LNeurological Disordersand Neurological Disorders LabNot resolved to a course
- 3
- PHT/NSC 340Intro NeuropsychopharmacologyNot resolved to a course
- 3
- 3
- PHY/NSC 425Biophysics of the BrainNot resolved to a course
- 3
- 3
- 3
Track Electives (select five courses, at least one from each area)
electives · 0 items
Clinical Health (select at least one)
20 items
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- or: HSC 348 Foundations of Kinesiology3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Molecular & Medicinal (select at least one)
13 items
- BIO 401& 401LAnimal Behaviorand Animal Behavior LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 402& 402LAdvanced Cell Biologyand Advanced Cell Biology LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 417& 417LSystemic Physiologyand Systemic Physiology LabNot resolved to a courseor: BIO 406 Human Anatomyor: BIO 202 Human Structure & Function Ior: BIO 260 Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO 420& 420LBioinformaticsand Bioinformatics LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 424& 424LBiotechnologyand Biotechnology LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 427& 427LHuman Geneticsand Human Genetics LabNot resolved to a courseor: BIO 411 Molecular Genetics
- BIO 428& 428LHistopathologyand Histopathology LabNot resolved to a course
- BIO 430& 430LNeurological Disordersand Neurological Disorders LabNot resolved to a course
- CHM 340& 340LBiochemistry Iand Biochemistry I LabNot resolved to a courseor: BIO 404 Biochemistry
- PHS 302& 302LIntro Lab Tech in Biomedicineand Intro Lab Tech in Biomed LabNot resolved to a course
- PHT/NSC 340Intro NeuropsychopharmacologyNot resolved to a course
- 3
- 3
Computational & Theoretical (select at least one)
24 items
- or: CSC 120 Computer Science I3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- PHY/NSC 425Biophysics of the BrainNot resolved to a course
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