Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
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Program Overview
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences offers a comprehensive undergraduate program in Neuroscience, providing students with a multidisciplinary approach to understanding brain function and behavior.
Neuroscience (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience is a 120-semester credit hour program that explores the complexities of the brain and its functions. The program is designed to prepare students for admission to graduate, medical, or dental school, or for careers in related biomedical research, industry, and allied health science fields.
Program Description
Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary study of brain function that draws on recent advances in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and computer and behavioral and cognitive sciences. The field considers neuronal development from early embryology through advanced senescence, and examines the brain's plasticity from the level of single proteins, of individual neurons, up through the level of networks or systems of cells, on up to complete behaving organisms.
Degree Requirements
The degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience include:
- Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours
- Major Requirements: 45 semester credit hours
- Elective Requirements: 33 semester credit hours
Core Curriculum Requirements
The Core Curriculum Requirements include:
- Communication: 6 semester credit hours
- COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication
- RHET 1302 Rhetoric
- Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
- Choose one course from the following:
- MATH 2414 Integral Calculus
- MATH 2417 Calculus I
- Choose one course from the following:
- Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
- CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I
- BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I
- Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
- Choose one course from the following:
- HUMA 1301 Exploration of the Humanities
- LIT 2331 Masterpieces of World Literature
- PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 2316 History of Philosophy I
- PHIL 2317 History of Philosophy II
- Choose one course from the following:
- Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
- Choose one course from the following:
- AHST 1303 Survey of Western Art History: Ancient to Medieval
- AHST 1304 Survey of Western Art History: Renaissance to Modern
- AHST 2331 Understanding Art
- ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts
- DANC 1310 Understanding Dance
- DRAM 1310 Understanding Theater
- FILM 2332 Understanding Film
- MUSI 1306 Understanding Music
- Choose one course from the following:
- American History: 6 semester credit hours
- Choose two courses from the following:
- HIST 1301 U.S. History Survey to Civil War
- HIST 1302 U.S. History Survey from Civil War
- HIST 2301 History of Texas
- HIST 2330 Themes and Ideas in American History
- HIST 2332 Civil War and Reconstruction
- Choose two courses from the following:
- Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
- GOVT 2305 American National Government
- GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
- Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
- PSY 2301 Introduction to Psychology
- Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
- PSY 2317 Statistics for Psychology
- or STAT 1342 Statistical Decision Making
- AND
- CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II
Major Requirements
The Major Requirements include:
- Major Preparatory Courses: 24 semester credit hours
- All of the following:
- BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I
- BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory
- BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I
- CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II
- MATH 2414 Integral Calculus
- or MATH 2417 Calculus I
- PSY 2301 Introduction to Psychology
- PSY 2317 Statistics for Psychology
- or STAT 1342 Statistical Decision Making
- All of the following:
- Major Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours
- All of the following:
- NSC 3361 Behavioral Neuroscience
- NSC 4352 Cellular Neuroscience
- NSC 4353 Neuroscience Laboratory Methods
- NSC 4354 Integrative Neuroscience
- NSC 4356 Neurophysiology
- NSC 4363 Neuropharmacology
- NSC 4366 Neuroanatomy
- And one emphasis course from the following six:
- NSC 4357 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- or NSC 4367 Developmental Neurobiology
- or NSC 4371 Neural Plasticity
- or NSC 4373 Sensory Neuroscience
- or NSC 4362 Molecular Neuroscience
- or NSC 4385 Neuropsychology
- All of the following:
- Major Related Courses: 15 semester credit hours
- Guided Electives: 15 semester credit hours from the following list
Elective Requirements
The Elective Requirements include:
- Free Electives: 33 semester credit hours
- At least 33 semester credit hours of lower- or upper-division courses of the student's choice
Fast Track Baccalaureate/Master's Degrees
UT Dallas undergraduate students with strong academic records who intend to pursue a master's degree in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience at UT Dallas may consider an accelerated undergraduate-graduate plan of study. If accepted into the program, students may take up to 15 semester credit hours of graduate courses that may be used to complete the baccalaureate degree and also satisfy requirements for the master's degree.