Computing & Neurotechnology Concentration
Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Computing and Neurotechnology Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 46 Hours Required | ||
| Minimum of “C-“required | ||
| Fundamental Academic Skills | 15 | |
| ENGLISH COMPOSITION I | ||
| ENGLISH COMPOSITION II | ||
| Writing in the Discipline Course NEUR 3600 OR PSYC 3140 | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS | ||
or CMST 2120 | ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE | |
| INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING | ||
or MATH 1100 | DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION | |
or MATH 1130 | QUANTITATIVE LITERACY | |
or MATH 1140 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | |
or MATH 1300 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT | |
or STAT 1100 | DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION | |
or STAT 1530 | ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | |
| Distribution Requirements | 31 | |
Natural Science - From two disciplines and at least one lab - 7 hrs | ||
Social Science - From two disciplines - 9 hrs | ||
Humanities and Fine Arts - From two disciplines- 9 hrs | ||
Global Diversity - 3 hrs | ||
US Diversity - 3 hrs | ||
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
| **Course will satisfy UNO's General Education requirement | ||
| ^Course requires pre-requisite(s) | ||
| Neuroscience Major - 53-57 Hours Required | ||
| Required Neuroscience Fundamentals Courses (Core) | 20-23 | |
| SUPERHEROES, ZOMBIES, CYBORGS AND DROIDS: COULD THEY LIVE AMONG US? (** ^) | ||
or BIOL 1450 | BIOLOGY I | |
| INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE I (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE II (^) | ||
| STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (^) | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
or PSYC 3140 | RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (** ^) | ||
or | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY I (** ^) | ||
| or both | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (** ^) | ||
and | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY (^) | ||
| Required Courses | 9 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING USING PRACTICAL SCRIPTING (^) | ||
| DIGITAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (**) | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF BIOINFORMATICS (^) | ||
| Select 2 from the following courses (At least one from ACMP or BIOI) | 6 | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOINFORMATICS (^) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN IT INNOVATION | ||
| USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN | ||
| SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (^) | ||
| SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROIMMUNOLOGY (^) | ||
| GLIA IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (^) | ||
| MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (^) | ||
| Advanced Neuroscience Courses | 18-19 | |
| In addition to the required fundamentals courses, 18-19 credit hours as a combination from the Cornerstone Neuroscience Lecture (3 credits), Laboratory (3 – 4 credits), and Block I, Block II, and Block III Courses (12 credits) from the lists below must be selected. Within the 12 hour credit selection, at least 3 credits must come from Block I and at least 3 credits must come from Block II. To complete the 18 credits required, a minimum of 6 credits can be taken from a combination of Block I, Block II, and Block III. No more than three hours of Experiential Study in Neuroscience (NEUR 4960) may be applied to the Additional Advanced Neuroscience Courses category. NEUR 4910, NEUR 4920, and NEUR 4930 may be taken more than once as long as they are different topics. No courses can double-count within this 18 credit hour group. | ||
| Select one of the following Cornerstone lab courses - | ||
| ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCE LABORATORY (^) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL GENETICS (^) | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR LABORATORY (^) | ||
| Select one of the following Cornerstone lecture courses (that has not already been used to satisfy the Supporting Neuroscience Block Courses requirement below | ||
| SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (^) | ||
| SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROIMMUNOLOGY (^) | ||
| MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (^) | ||
| GENES, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| HORMONES & BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| Block I, II, and III Courses | ||
| Select at least one of the following from Block I Neuroscience Choices: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | ||
| SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (^) | ||
| NEUROETHOLOGY (^) | ||
| ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROIMMUNOLOGY (^) | ||
| NEURAL MECHANISMS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (^) | ||
| GLIA IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (^) | ||
| NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY (^) | ||
| MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (^) | ||
| GENES, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE - BLOCK 1 (^) | ||
| Select at least one of the following from Block II Neuroscience Choices: Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF AGING (^) | ||
| ADVANCED BIOLOGY OF AGING | ||
| BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROMECHANICS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT and NEUROMECHANICS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT (^) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE - BLOCK 2 (^) | ||
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (^) | ||
| LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (^) | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| HORMONES & BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| Block III Additional Advanced Neuroscience Choices: | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE - NEURO ELECTIVE BLOCK (^) | ||
| EXPERIENTIAL STUDY IN NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| College Breadth | 0 | |
| Neuroscience majors satisfy College of Arts and Sciences’ Option 3 for college breadth, a CAS interdisciplinary major. | ||
| Bachelor Science Cognate Requirement | 15 | |
| Students must complete 15 credits worth of a cognate set of courses (see below) OR may choose a minor of at least 15 hours or a double major. Courses taken within the major may not also be used toward the completion of cognate coursework. Six (6) hours of cognate coursework may double-count with your Gen Ed requirements. No more than 6 hours of cognate coursework may be at the 1000 level. At least 3 hours of cognate coursework must be at the 3000-4000 level. Note that some classes have prerequisites. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (** ^) | ||
| ETHNOMEDICINES OF THE AMERICAS (^) | ||
| MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| DIGITAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (** ) | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF BIOINFORMATICS (^) | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I (^) | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II (^) | ||
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY (^) | ||
| STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (^) | ||
| MOLECULAR GENETICS (^) | ||
| CELLULAR BIOLOGY (^) | ||
| EVOLUTION (^) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (^) | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY I and BIOCHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (^) | ||
| VERTEBRATE ENDOCRINOLOGY (^) | ||
| ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (^) | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (^) | ||
| COMPARATIVE GENOMICS (^) | ||
| ADVANCED GENETICS (^) | ||
| HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY & ANATOMY I (**) | ||
| HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY II (^) | ||
| BIOINSPIRED ROBOTICS | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY (^) | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY OF METABOLISM (^) | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY I and BIOCHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (^) | ||
| COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES and COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES LABORATORY (** ^) | ||
| ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN HEALTH (^) | ||
| CALCULUS FOR BIOMEDICINE (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF MIND | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (^) | ||
| NEUROETHICS (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL PHYSICS (^) | ||
| ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONICS (^) | ||
| BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II (^) | ||
| EXPLORATIONS IN THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| LEARNING (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: LEARNING (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING (^) | ||
| MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING (^) | ||
| SENIOR THESIS (^) | ||
| ELECTIVES | ||
| Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours | ||