The Major

Neuroscience and Behavior at Mount Holyoke is an interdisciplinary major for students with integrative interests in the biological sciences and psychology.

Program Committee:

• Sarah Bacon, Biological Sciences
• Susan R. Barry, Biological Sciences
• Renae J. Brodie , Biological Sciences
• Joseph D. Cohen, Psychology and Education
• Gary B. Gillis, Biological Sciences
• Karen L. Hollis, Psychology and Education
• Susan M. Smith, Biological Sciences

The requirements for the major are:

• Biological Sciences 145 or 150 or 160
• A 100 level course in Psychology
• Chemistry 101
• Mathematics 101 or 103, or 151-200
• Psychology 200
• Psychology 250
• A course in quantitative inference
  (Psychology 201 or Mathematics 240)
• Biological Sciences 200, 220, 333
• Chemistry 201, 202

In addition, three courses at the 300 level selected from the following:

• Biological Sciences 311, 315, 328
• Psychology 350, 351, 352
• Computer Science 334, 335
• Neuroscience 395 (4 credits, may not be repeated)

One course may be a relevant seminar, e.g. Psychology 359.

Students planning postgraduate study in a related discipline or in medicine are urged to participate in independent laboratory research.