Neuroscience Program

The Neuroscience Program is an interdisciplinary academic program offered at Knox. It offers one major and one minor. The program is located in SMC.

Program Committee

Current

• Heather Hoffmann, Program Chair, Professor of Psychology
• Esther Penick, Assistant Professor of Biology
• Judith Thorn, Assistant Professor of Biology

Neuroscience

See main page at Neuroscience.

The program offers one neuroscience major and one neuroscience minor.

Neuroscience (major)

This major allows advanced study in neuroscience.

Courses Required for the Neuroscience major

11-12 credits:

• All of the following:
  • BIOL 120 (Cell Biology and Physiology)
  • BIOL 130 (Molecular Biology and Genetics)
  • CHEM 101 (General Chemistry I)
  • CHEM 102 (General Chemistry II)
  • NEUR 240 (Neuroscience I)
  • NEUR 241 (Neuroscience II)
  • NEUR 340 (Methods of Neuroscience)
  • NEUR 399 (Senior Research)
• One of the following:
  • BIOL 210 (Introduction to Research)
  • Both of the following:
    • STAT 200 (Introductory Statistics)
    • PSYC 282 (Research Methods and Statistics II)
• Two of the following:
  • BIOL 312 (Animal Behavior)
  • BIOL 328 (Physiology)
  • BIOL 329 (Histology)
  • BIOL 332 (Molecular Neuroscience)
  • BIOL 338 (Developmental Neuroscience)
  • BCHM 265 (Cell Biology)
  • BCHM 340 (Pharmacology)
  • BCHM 345 (Molecular Medicine)
  • CS 317 (Artificial Intelligence)
  • NEUR 360 (Synapses)
  • PSYC 276 (Behavioral Pharmacology)
  • PSYC 364 (Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • PSYC 366 (Human Memory)

Neuroscience (minor)

This minor allows for intermediate study in neuroscience.

Courses Required for the Neuroscience minor

6 credits:

• All of the following:
  • NEUR 240 (Neuroscience I)
  • NEUR 241 (Neuroscience II)
• One of the following:
  • BIOL 120 (Cell Biology and Physiology)
  • BIOL 130 (Molecular Biology and Genetics)
• One of the following:
  • BIOL 210 (Introduction to Research)
  • STAT 200 (Introductory Statistics)
• Two other department credits

Meeting the Competency Requirements

• Writing Requirement: BIOL 210, NEUR 399
• Oral Requirement: BIOL 210, PSYC 282
• Information Literacy Requirement: None specified