The Interdepartmental Undergraduate Neuroscience Program of Johns Hopkins University

These courses are normally taken during the semester listed and in the following order:

 

080.203 Cognitive Neuroscience - Freshman Spring, prerequisite: none, but highly recommended are either one of the following: 050.105, or 200.141, or 080.105

080.305 The Nervous System I (or 080.205) - Sophomore Fall, prerequisite 080.203

080.306 The Nervous System II (or 080.304) - Sophomore Spring

080.250 Neuroscience Lab - Junior Fall or Spring, or any time after 080.305 & 306 have been completed.

110.106 Calculus I for Biological Sciences (or 110.108)

110.107 Calculus II for Biological Sciences (or 110.109)

030.101 Introductory Chemistry I

030.105 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory I

030.204 Introductory Chemistry II

030.106 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory II

030.205 Introductory Organic Chemistry I

171.101 General Physics I (or 171.103)

171.111 General Physics Laboratory I

171.102 General Physics II (or 171.104)

171.112 General Physics Laboratory II

These courses are optional for students not seeking a premedical degree track

 

030.206 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

030.225 Organic Chemistry Laboratory

020.305 Biochemistry

020.315 Biochemistry Lab

020.306 Cell Biology

020.315 Cell Biology Lab

Students following a Cognitive or Systems Concentration degree track must complete either the above Biochemistry/Cell Biology sequence or the following:

 

020.151 General Biology I

020.153 General Biology Laboratory I

020.152 General Biology II

020.154 General Biology Laboratory II

Twelve (12) credits of advanced neuroscience coursework (300 level or above) are required for the major. Nine (9) of the credits must be in the student's chosen area of concentration. Only courses from the following list will be accepted.

 

Fall Courses (when available):

020.317 Signaling in Development & Disease (CM), beginning w/FA08 class will be offered every other Fall

020.607 Special Topics in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (CM)

020.614 Neuronal Signaling Mechanisms (CM)

050.232 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (CG)

050.372 Formal Methods in Cognitive Science (CG)

050.801 Research Seminar in Cognitive Neuropsychology (CG)

080.330 Brain Injury and Recovery of Function (CM), (ST), (W)

080.335 Neuroscience of Pain (ST)

080.345 Great Discoveries in Neuroscience (ST/CM)

080.352 Primate Brain Function (ST)

080.355 Visual System (ST)

080.450 Computational Neuroscience (CP), (ST)

200.312 Imaging the Human Mind (CG), (ST)

200.344 Behavioral Endocrinology (ST), (W)

200.357 Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory (CG), (W)

200.642 Neural Circuits and Behavior (ST)

250.345 Cellular and Molecular Physiology (CM)

580.625 Structure and Function Auditory and Vestibular Systems (CM)

580.626 Structure and Function Auditory and Vestibular Systems (CM)

Spring Courses (when available):

020.313 Neurobiology of Sensation (CM)

050.311 Reading and Writing: Normal Processing and Disorders (CG), (W)

050.315 Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception (CG)

050.326 Foundations of Cognitive Science A (CG), (W)

050.332 Developmental Cog. Neuroscience (CG)

050.341 Foundations of Cognitive Science B (CG)

050.358 Language and Thought (CG)

080.310 Communication Between Cells (CM)

080.340 Neuroplasticity (CM), (ST), (W)

080.811 Readings in Systems Neuroscience II (ST)

200.304 Introduction to the Neuroscience of Decision Making (CG), (ST)

200.329 Brain, Communication, and Evlolution (ST)

200.368 Sleep, Dreams and Altered States of Consciousness (CG), (ST)

200.370 Functional Human Neuroanatomy (ST), (CG)

200.372 Psychology of Aging (ST), (W)

200.376 Psychopharmacology (CM), (ST)

580.425 Ionic Channels in Excitable Membranes (CM)

580.439 Models of the Neuron (CP)

580.630 Theoretcial Neuroscience (CP)

Area Designators: Cellular and Molecular (CM), Systems (ST), Computational (CP), Writing Intensive (W)

Six (6) credits of research, obtained through work in one of the neuroscience laboratories participating in the program, are required for completion of the major. Students register for 080.5xx, Research in Neuroscience, where the last two digits of the course number correspond to the student's year and semester. Students may take no more than 3 credits per term and no more that 6 credits per academic year.

Students are required to take 18 credits in the humanities and/or social sciences. These courses cannot include courses taken to fulfill major requirements. Additionally, 12 credits of course work must be taken in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Quantitative Sciences and/or Engineering. This requirement can include courses taken to fulfill the major.

As students fulfill the course requirements, they need to ensure that the following requirements are also met in order to be eligible for graduation:

• 120 total credits
• 60 credits at Johns Hopkins
• 4 Semesters at Johns Hopkins
• 4 writing intensive courses (12 credits)
• No more than 18 D credits
• No more than 5 SPSBE courses
• C average or better in your major
• No more than 12 transfer credits

Language Elements Courses: Students who take the first semester of an elementary language course in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese or Spanish must complete the second semester course aw well or lose the credit for the first term.

 

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