Neuroscience Minor (B.A. & Sc.)

25 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (9 credits)

  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • NSCI 200 Introduction to Neuroscience 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • NSCI 201 Introduction to Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (16 credits)

15-16 credits selected as follows:

0-10 credits from the following list of 200- and 300-level courses: Note 2: Since CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1. is a prerequisite/corequisite for N (0–10 credits)

0-10 credits from the following list of 200- and 300-level courses: Note 2: Since CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1. is a prerequisite/corequisite for NSCI 200 Introduction to Neuroscience 1. and BIOL 200 Molecular Biology. , students must take CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1. if they have not yet done so.

  • ANAT 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 306 Neural Basis of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 320 Evolution of Brain and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 389 Laboratory in Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • NEUR 310 Cellular Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 314 Integrative Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 315 Computational Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 317 Genes and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 342 Hormones and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

6-15 credits from the following list of 400- and 500-level courses: (6–15 credits)

6-15 credits from the following list of 400- and 500-level courses:

  • BIOL 530 Advances in Neuroethology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 532 Developmental Neurobiology Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 580 Genetic Approaches to Neural Systems (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 588 Advances in Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • NEUR 502 Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroimmunology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 425 Analyzing Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 451 Advanced Neurophysiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 524 Chronobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 556 Topics in Systems Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 410 Special Topics in Neuropsychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 427 Sensorimotor Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 433 Cognitive Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 444 Sleep Mechanisms and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PSYC 470 Memory and Brain (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 506 Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 514 Neurobiology of Memory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 522 Neurochemistry and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 526 Advances in Visual Perception (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYT 500 Advances: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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