The program offers one major:
- Major in Neuroscience
Curriculum Preview
Official catalog information and degree guides will be available Fall of 2024.
Listed below is a preview of the expected curriculum. This is a preview only and not intended to replace definitive degree requirements listed in the Gonzaga University Catalog.
Total Credits (62 credits)
Lower Division Requirements (39 Credits)
All of these:
BIOL 105 Information Flow in Biological systems
BIOL 105L Information Flow in Biological systems
BIOL 106 Energy Flow in Biological systems
BIOL207 Genetics and Lab
NEUR 201 Introduction to Neuroscience
CHEM 101 and 101L General Chemistry
CHEM 230 and 230L Organic Chemistry and Lab
PSYC 101 General Psychology
Choose one of the following sets of Physics courses:
PHYS 111 and 111L, 112 and 112L General Physics I and II and Labs
Or
PHYS 121 and 121L, 122 and 122L Scientific Physics I and II and Labs
Choose one of these Statistics courses:
PSYC 202 Statistics for Psychology
Or
MATH 121 Introduction to Statistics
Or
MATH 221 Applied Statistics
Or
HPHY 205 Experimental Design and Stats
Upper Division Requirements (14 credits):
All of these:
NEUR 399 Scientific Communication
BIOL 376 Cellular Neurophysiology
HPHY 453 Neuroanatomy
HPHY 451 Systems Neurophysiology
NEUR 499 Neuroscience and Society
Upper Division Electives (9 Credits):
Students will be able to select from courses in 5 areas of study (Cellular and Molecular, Physiological and Anatomical, Philosophical, Computational, Behavioral) with upper division electives out of the Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry, Human Physiology, Psychology, Sociology, Computer Science, and Philosophy departments. A full list of possible electives will be published in the Fall 2024.