Neuroscience Major (B.Sc.)
65 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
Students may complete this program with a minimum of 65 credits. Notes on admission to the Neuroscience Major program: Enrolment in the Neuroscience Major is limited to a total of 50 students per year. Students seeking admission to this program should consult the neuroscience website for admissions requirements and should have completed the courses listed below or equivalent.
- BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 139 Calculus 1 with Precalculus (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 150 Calculus A (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 151 Calculus B (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHYS 101 Introductory Physics - Mechanics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 102 Introductory Physics - Electromagnetism (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
Required Courses (23 credits)
- BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 222 Introductory Organic Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
- NSCI 200 Introduction to Neuroscience 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NSCI 201 Introduction to Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NSCI 300 Neuroethics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- NSCI 400D1 Neuroscience Seminar (0.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NSCI 400D2 Neuroscience Seminar (0.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Complementary Courses (42 credits)
List A
- BIOL 506 Neurobiology of Learning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 530 Advances in Neuroethology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- COMP 546 Computational Perception (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NEUR 503 Computational Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NEUR 507 Topics in Radionuclide Imaging (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 425 Analyzing Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 451 Advanced Neurophysiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 520 Ion Channels (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 524 Chronobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHGY 556 Topics in Systems Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
List B
- ANAT 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOC 454 Nucleic Acids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOC 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOC 570 Lipids and Lipoproteins in Disease (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
- EXMD 502 Advanced Endocrinology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- 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 443 Affective Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 444 Sleep Mechanisms and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- PSYC 493 Special Topics Seminar 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PSYC 502 Psychoneuroendocrinology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 506 Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 513 Human Decision-Making (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYT 500 Advances: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYT 522 Early Adversity, Development and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
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3 credits from: Note: Students who have successfully completed an equivalent to MATH 222 Calculus 3. at CEGEP or elsewhere, must replace these credits with a 3- (3 credits)
3 credits from: Note: Students who have successfully completed an equivalent to MATH 222 Calculus 3. at CEGEP or elsewhere, must replace these credits with a 3-credit elective course to satisfy the total credit requirement for the Neuroscience Major.
3 credits from: (3 credits)
3 credits from:
- ANAT 262 Introductory Molecular and Cell Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 309 Mathematical Models in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 324 Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 323 Probability (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
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6 credits from: (6 credits)
6 credits from:
- ANAT 321 Circuitry of the Human Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOC 311 Metabolic Biochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOC 312 Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 309 Mathematical Models in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 320 Evolution of Brain and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 303 Introduction to Human Memory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 315 Computational Psychology (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
3-6 credits from: (3–6 credits)
3-6 credits from:
- BIOL 389 Laboratory in Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- NSCI 410D1 Independent Research 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NSCI 410D2 Independent Research 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Remaining credits (12–15 credits)
12-15 credits of 400/500 level courses: Note: if completing NSCI 410 then 9 credits from list A or B and 3 credits from the other list. If completing BIOL 301 or BIOL 389, then a minimum of 12 credits from list A or B and 3 credits from the other list.
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