Minor in Neuroscience
The Minor in Neuroscience is sponsored by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. It is intended to provide formal recognition for students who have concentrated some of their academic work in the interdisciplinary area of Neuroscience. The minor requires six courses: one prerequisite, two required courses, and three electives. Many of the courses may require permission of the instructor in addition to prerequisite courses.
Prerequisite:
| PSYC 6 | Introduction to Neuroscience | |
Core courses: (Choose 2 courses)
| BIOL 12 | Cell Structure and Function | |
| PSYC 35 | Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | |
| PSYC 36 | Systems Neuroscience with Laboratory | |
| PSYC 37 | Behavioral Neuroscience | |
PSYC 35 (previously offered as PSYC 46) or BIOL 12 may be taken for core course credit, but not both.
Core courses cannot count toward any other major or minor.
Core courses cannot be taken as NRO.
Elective courses: (Choose 3 courses)
In addition to the courses listed below, other approved elective courses for the Neuroscience minor are published to the PBS website at the start of the academic year, http://pbs.dartmouth.edu/undergraduate/neuroscience/minor-neuroscience. This list includes several PSYC 50s and PSYC 80s level courses, as well as courses in other departments.
One of the three electives must be at the 50s level or higher.
PSYC 35 (previously offered as PSYC 46) and PSYC 37 (previously offered as PSYC 45) can only be taken as elective courses if not taken as core courses.
Elective courses cannot count toward any other major or minor.
Elective courses cannot be taken as an NRO.
With permission of the Neuroscience Steering Committee, other courses that are appropriate given the student's area of specialization may be taken for elective credit.