Declaration of the major and graduation requirements:
Students may declare the CBN major as soon as they satisfy all requirements, at the earliest after the Spring semester of the Sophomore year, or up to the Fall semester of the Senior year. To declare the major in CBN, students must:
- Have completed both introductory CBN core courses (Fundamentals of Neurobiology and Fundamentals of Cell and Developmental Biology) with grades of C or better.
- It is strongly recommended that students also complete at least 1 semester of Organic Chemistry with a grade of C or better prior to declaring the major.
- Declare major in CBN at SAS MyMajor. Students will be notified when the application is processed.
In order to graduate students must complete all the courses required for the major with grades of C or better. Courses can only be repeated once to replace D/F grades.
Courses required for the CBN Major:
1. Life Sciences Core Courses
| Course Name | Course Number | Credits | Suggested Years |
| General Biology I and General Biology II |
01:119:115 and 01:119:116 |
4+ 4 |
1st |
| Biological Research Lab | 01:119:117 | 2 | 1st |
|
General Chemistry (2 semesters) 01:160:161-162 can be substituted with |
01:160:161 and 01:160:162 |
4+ 4 |
1st |
| Intro to Experimentation | 01:160:171 | 1 | 1st |
|
Calculus for Life/Soc Sciences I and 01:640:135 can be substituted with 01:640:151 (Calc I Math/Phys) |
01:640:135 and 01:960:401 |
4+ 3 |
1st/2nd |
|
General Physics (2 semesters) 01:750:203-204 can be substituted with |
01:750:203 and 01:750:204 |
3+ 3 |
2nd |
|
General Physics Lab (2 semesters) |
01:750:205 and 01:750:206 |
1+ 1 |
2nd |
|
Organic Chemistry (2 semesters) 01:160:307-308 can be substituted with Organic Chemistry Lab 01:160:311 |
01:160:307 and 01:160:311 |
4+ 2 |
2nd |
| Genetics | 01:447:380 | 4 | 3rd |
|
Intro Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 01:694:301 can be substituted with 01:694:407 |
01:694:301 | 3 | 3rd |
2. CBN Core Courses
| Course Name | Course Number | Credits | Suggested Year |
|
CBN INTRODUCTORY COURSES: Fundamentals of Neurobiology and |
01:146:245 and 01:146:270 |
3+ 3 |
2nd/3rd 2nd/3rd |
|
CBN UPPER LEVEL COURSES Advanced Neurobiology I |
01:146:445 01:146:447 01:146:470 01:146:480 01:146:472 01:146:474 01:146:322 |
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th |
*Current Seniors can opt to take 2 CBN Upper Level Courses + 1 Molecular Biology course (01:146:478, 01:694:408, or 11:126:481) instead of 3 CBN Upper Level Courses. This option will expire in the Spring 2021.
3. CBN Track options (select at the start of the Senior year)
- General Track: 2 life science electives at the 300-400 level (at least 6 total credits), including at least 1 lab course, 1 course with an associated lab, or 2 semesters of Research in CBN.
Course Name Course Number Credits Suggested Year 2 life science electives See list of Approved Electives 3 or more per elective 4th 4 options to complete the lab requirement:
1.) 1-credit lab course
2.) 3-credit advanced lab course (fulfills 1 elective + lab requirements)
3.) 4-credit lecture/lab combination course (fulfills 1
elective + lab requirements)
4.) 6-junior/senior research credits (fulfills 1 elective + 1 lab requirement)
See list of Approved Electives1 or more 3rd/4th - Honors Track: 1 life science elective at the 300-400 level, Honors Seminar, Honors Research (at least 12 total credits). A written research thesis and oral presentation are required at the end of the Senior Spring semester in order to attain Departmental Honors. Requires a minimum CBN major GPA of 3.4, and submission of a CBN Honors Application Form.
Course name Course Number Credits Suggested year 1 Elective See list of Approved Electives 3 4th Honors Seminars 01:146:405 3 Spring 4th Honors Research 01:146:408 and
01:146:4093+
34th
For CBN Major residency rules, please check the Residency Requirements.
CBN Major Worksheet (PDF)
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