The concentration in Pre-Health is for majors interested in pursuing professional health programs such as medicine, physical therapy, etc. This concentration allows students to focus their curriculum in a way that ensures that the required courses for admission into professional programs in health are ones that are incorporated into their major requirements.
Required Neuroscience Course #1
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pick one of the following courses | 4 | |
| CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY | ||
or BIO 339 | CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY | |
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | ||
or BIO 342 | COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | |
or PSY 379 | COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | |
| SENSORY NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| NEUROSCIENCE OF MOVEMENT | ||
Required Neuroscience Course #2
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pick one of the following courses | 4 | |
| NEUROANATOMY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | ||
| CELLULAR BASIS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY | ||
| CONVERSATIONS WITH NEUROSCIENTISTS | ||
| NEUROPLASTICITY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPIC IN NEUROSCIENCE | ||
Pre-Health Electives
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pick 10 courses/40 credit hours from the list below based on the requirements of your specific professional health program. Neuroscience Required Courses cannot count as both an Elective and a Required Neuroscience Course: | 40 | |
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY I and EXPERIMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
or PHY 170 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
or PHY 171 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS III | ||
or PHY 172 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III | |
| CALCULUS I | ||
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY | ||
| HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| MICROBIOLOGY | ||
| CELL BIOLOGY | ||
| GENETICS | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | ||
| IMMUNOBIOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY | ||
or HLTH 375 | INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY | |
| ENDOCRINOLOGY | ||
| INTEGRATED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-A | ||
| INTEGRATED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-B | ||
| NEUROANATOMY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | ||
| CELLULAR BASIS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY | ||
| CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY | ||
or BIO 339 | CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY | |
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | ||
or BIO 342 | COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | |
or PSY 379 | COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | |
| SENSORY NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| NEUROSCIENCE OF MOVEMENT | ||
| CONVERSATIONS WITH NEUROSCIENTISTS | ||
| NEUROPLASTICITY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPIC IN NEUROSCIENCE | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY IN NEUROSCIENCE | ||
For students interested in applying to professional health programs that require Anatomy and Physiology, we recommend choosing from the following combinations: (BIO 201 and BIO 308) or (HLTH 301 and HLTH 302).
It is strongly encouraged that students in this concentration meet regularly with Pre-Health Advising to ensure they are choosing the appropriate courses to meet the requirements of the professional health program they intend to apply to.