Neuroscience Minor
Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
jstiegler@une.edu
Mission
The mission of UNE's Neuroscience program is to produce independent, self-motivated learners who have acquired the analytical and research skills that will help them to think creatively while integrating complex ideas. This training prepares them to help solve the critical challenges facing our society and to contribute to the furthering of human knowledge. We accomplish this using a variety of experiential and engaged learning techniques to provide a foundation in the concepts and methodologies of the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience at the cellular, molecular, cognitive systems, and behavioral levels.
Program Description
A student with a GPA of at least 2.25 and a major at 91Ö±²¥ÊÓÆµmay minor in Neuroscience with the approval of the Assistant Director of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Declarations must occur before the completion of the first semester of the junior year. Students declaring a minor in Neuroscience will be discouraged from double-dipping credits across the minor and either major or core requirements (unless no other options are provided by the major, minor, or core requirements).
Curricular Requirements
A minimum of twenty-two (22) hours of approved course credit with a minimum grade of C- in each course is required for the minor in Neuroscience as follows:
Program Required Courses | Credits |
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BIO 106/106L – Biology II: Cellular/Molecular w/Lab | 4 |
NEU 205/205L – Introduction to Neurobiology w/Lab | 4 |
NEU 306/306L – Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience w/Lab | 4 |
NEU 375 – Medical Neuroanatomy | 4 |
NEU 410 – Neurobiology of Mental Illness | 3 |
PSY 105 – Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
Minimum Total Required Credits | 22 |
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Please note: While some courses can fulfill both core and program requirements, the credits earned do not count twice towards the minimum total required credits for the degree.