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 with a CBN major, 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.
- Complete all the courses required for the major with a grade of C or better.
- Ensure that each course required for the major, if necessary, is repeated only once to replace the D/F grades.
Courses required for the CBN Major:
- Life Sciences Core Courses
- CBN Core Courses
- CBN Track Options
Life Sciences Core Courses
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Suggested Year |
| 01:119:115 and 01:119:116 |
General Biology and General Biology II |
(4+) |
1st |
| 01:119:117 | Biological Research Lab | 2 | 1st |
| 160:161-162 or 160:163-164 |
General Chemistry 01:160:161-162 can be substituted with 01:160:163-164 (Honors Gen Chem) or 01:160:165-166 (Ext Gen Chem) Honors General Chemistry |
(4,4) (4,4) |
|
| 160:171 | Introduction to Experimentation | 1 | 1st |
| 160:307-308 or 160:315-316 |
Organic Chemistry Honors Organic Chemistry |
(4,4) (4,4) |
|
|
160:309 |
Organic Chemistry Laboratory Organic Chemistry Laboratory |
2.5 2 |
|
| 750:203-204 and 750:205-206 or 750:193-194 or 750:201-202 |
General Physics General Physics Laboratory Physics for the Sciences Extended General Physics |
(3,3) (1,1) (4,4) (5,5) |
|
| 640:135 and 640:138 or 640:135-136 or 640:151-152 or 640:135 and 960:401* or 640:135 and 960:379 |
Calculus I Calculus II for the Biol. Sci. Calculus I / II Calculus for Math. and Phys. Sci. Calculus I Basic Statistics for Research Calculus I Basic Probability Theory |
4 4 (4, 4) (4,4) 4 3 4 3 |
|
| 447:380 |
Genetics |
4 |
|
| 694:301 or 694:407 or 11:115:301 |
Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Introduction to Biochemistry |
3 3 3 |
|
| 694:408 or 146:478 or 11:126:481 |
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Molecular Biology Spring Molecular Genetics |
3 3 3 |
CBN Core Courses
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Suggested Year |
|
CBN INTRODUCTORY COURSES 01:146:245 01:146:270 |
|
3 3+ |
2nd/3rd 2nd/3rd |
|
CBN UPPER LEVEL COURSES Choose 2 of the following courses: **
|
Human Histology (includes lab) Spring |
4 3 3 3 3 3 |
3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th 3rd/4th |
CBN Track Options:
In addition to completion of the Life Sciences core courses and the CBN core courses, select one of the following tracks:
Option A (General Track)
| Two 300-400 level life science electives equaling 6 or more credits, 1 elective must have an associated lab or is a lab course*** or One 300-400 level life science elective and two semesters of independent research in the same lab**** |
See Approved Electives for the list of approved electives. |
Total 6 or more 3 (3,3) |
Option B (Honors Research Track)
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| 1 elective at the 300-400 levels in the life sciences area, equaling 3 or more credits. |
See Approved Electives for the list of approved electives |
3 |
| 146:405 |
Honors Seminar (to be taken in the Senior Spring semester) |
3 |
| 146:408-409 |
Honors Research Fall and Spring |
(3,3) |
*Students with AP Statistics equivalent of 960:211, transfer credit for 960:211 or who have taken 960:211 at Rutgers must take 960:212.
**The CBN Advanced course can only count as an elective after the advanced course requirement is fulfilled. Each advanced course cannot be used to complete the advanced course and the elective requirement at the same time.
***One course must have an included (e.g. Animal Histology) or an associated (e.g. Systems Physiology and Systems Physiology Lab) laboratory component, or be a 3-credit stand-alone laboratory course (e.g. Advanced Cell Biology Lab).
****With the approval of a CBN Advisor, two semesters of "Research in Cell Biology and Neuroscience," carried out under the direction of the same faculty member, may be used as one of the electives and fulfill the lab requirement. These electives must be selected in consultation with a faculty adviser.
For CBN Major residency rules, please check the Residency Requirements.
Major Worksheet (PDF)
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