Neuroscience Minor (B.Sc.)
25 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Required Courses (9 credits)
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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