Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Example BA Course Schedules
Students can build their programs of concentration in a variety of ways. We illustrate here just two possibilities, one for a student who pursues a track in behavioral neurobiology, and another for a student who starts in the program at a later stage, and pursues a track in language and development.
| Semester | BA Program (with track in behavioral neurobiology) | Late Start BA Program (with track in language and development) |
| First Year Fall | : Neural Foundations of Behavior BIOL 110: Principles of Biology I 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | WRTG 105: Primary Writing Requirement 3 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| First Year Spring | : Foundations of Cognitive Science BIOL 111: Principles of Biology II WRTG 105: Primary Writing Requirement 1 elective or cluster race | 4 elective(s) or cluster course(s) |
| Sophomore Year Fall | : Perception and Action : Language and Psycholinguistics 1CSC 161: Art of Programming * 1 elective or cluster race | : Neural Foundations of Behavior STAT 212: Applied Statistics for Biological Sciences 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| Sophomore Year Spring | : Cognition STAT 212: Applied Statistics for Biological Sciences 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | : Foundations of Cognitive Science : Development of Mind and Brain 1CSC 161: Art of Programming * 1 elective or cluster race |
| Junior Year Fall | Basic Neurobiology :Lab in Cognitive Neuroscience 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | : Perception and Action : Language and Psycholinguistics 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| Junior Year Spring | :Biology of Mental Disorders 3 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | : Cognition : Language Development 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| Senior Year Fall | : Neuropsychology 3 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | : Lab in Development : Neuropsychology 2 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| Senior Year Spring | : Sensory and Motor Neuroscience : Senior Seminar 2 or 3 elective(s) or cluster race(s) | : Auditory Perception : Senior Seminar 2 or 3 elective(s) or cluster race(s) |
| * While computer programming is not required for the BA degree, students who are interested in BCS research or graduate school are strongly recommended to take a course in programming. | ||