Certificate in Neuroscience

Program Requirements:

The certificate in Neuroscience provides students in an Honours Bachelor of Science in Biology or an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology with an opportunity for interdisciplinary research that considers the processes of the brain at all phylogenetic levels.

Students must complete all of the following within the BSc Honours Biology or BSc Honours Psychology:
BIOL 1006	Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology	3 cr.
BIOL 2206	Introduction to Biochemistry	3 cr.
BIOL 2706	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3 cr.
BIOL 4557	Developmental and Behavioural Genetics	3 cr.
CHEM 1006	General Chemistry I	3 cr.
CHEM 1007	General Chemistry II	3 cr.
PSYC 1106	Introduction to Psychology I	3 cr.
PSYC 2605	Behavioural Neuroscience	6 cr.
PSYC 2906	Sensation	3 cr.
One of:		3 cr.
PSYC 3506	Neuropharmacology
PSYC 4616	Neural Bases of Consciousness
PSYC 4706	Advanced Neuroanatomy
One of:		3 cr.
BIOL 3717	Animal Behaviour or
PSYC 2206	Learning I
One of:		6 cr.
BIOL 4995 *	Thesis or
PSYC 4105 *	Senior Empirical Thesis
The following courses are highly recommended:
BIOL 2557	Genetics
BIOL 2707	Human Anatomy and Physiology II
CHEM 2106	An Introduction to Analytic Chemistry
CHEM 2306	Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2307	Organic Chemistry II

* The thesis must be conducted in a Neuroscience area.

Note:

All certificates are awarded at the time of graduation.

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