INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Coordinator: Dr. Andrew Harver

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. The field of neuroscience developed from unprecedented growth in biological psychology, neuroanatomy, and neurobiology during the past several decades. It is a field that brings together biology and chemistry with studies of anatomy, physiology, and behavior, including human emotional and cognitive functions. The Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience is designed to provide students with intensive introduction to the neural sciences, including broad exposure to the current contributions of different disciplines to understanding brain-behavior relationships. Students fulfilling the requirements for a Neuroscience Minor should be especially prepared for graduate training in the neural sciences in Departments of Psychology, Biology, or Neuroscience, or professional training in a variety of behavioral and biomedical careers including gerontology, medicine, clinical neuropsychology, and psychiatric nursing. Because the methodologies and techniques employed by active neuroscientists encompass many traditional academic fields, course work in the neural sciences at UNC Charlotte is provided by a variety of academic departments.

Neuroscience Minor. The Minor in Neuroscience is awarded only to students completing an undergraduate major at UNC Charlotte. A Minor in Neuroscience consists of 18 semester hours: nine hours must come from a set of restricted electives and nine hours must come from a set of unrestricted electives. A maximum of nine hours may be in the department of the students's major; the number of hours, if any, that may be used to fulfill both the requirements for the minor and the requirements for the student's degree program (i.e., major) is determined by the department. To qualify for the Neuroscience Minor, students must have a grade point average of at least 2.0 in courses applied to the minor. Because additions and deletions of courses may be made to correspond to current University offerings, students are encouraged to consult with the Program Coordinator as they plan their schedules.

Restricted Electives (9 Hours minimum)

BIOL 3371 Cellular Neuroscience (3)
BIOL 3372 Systems Neuroscience (3)
PSYC 3313 Neuropsychology (3)
PSYC 3316 Cognitive Neuroscience (3)

Unrestricted Electives (9 Hours)

BIOL 3371 Cellular Neuroscience (3)
BIOL 3371L Neuroscience Laboratory (1)
BIOL 3372 Systems Neuroscience (3)
BIOL 5279 Neurobiology (3)
CSCI 3120 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3)
CSCI 3152 Symbolic Programming (3)
CSCI 3153 Intro. to Artificial Intelligence (3)
ENGL 4050 Mind and Language (3)
NURS 3103 Pharmacology in Health & Illness (3)
NURS 3254 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (5)
PHIL 3245 Philosophy of Mind (3)
PSYC 3118 Research Methods in Physiological Psychology (4)
PSYC 3140 Basic Processes in Psychological Assessment (3)
PSYC 3313 Neuropsychology (3)
PSYC 3316 Cognitive Neuroscience (3)

Academy for Neuroscience. The Academy of Neuroscience at UNC Charlotte was established in 1993 to promote scholarship and teaching in the neural sciences, and sponsors a variety of formal and informal neuroscience lectures throughout the academic year to complement knowledge gained in the classroom and in the laboratory. The Academy invites student members and interested students should contact the Program Coordinator for information and application.

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