Courses in the BS in Clinical and Behavioral Neuroscience provide an in-depth understanding of biological bases of behavior and expose students to the basic scientific concepts that underlie clinical symptoms and practice, to include the ways practitioners assess, diagnose, and treat clinical disorders. The major emphasizes coursework in psychology, but it also involves coursework in biology, research methodologies, psychometrics, statistics, and philosophy.
With appropriate advising, the major is an option for students considering careers in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical neuropsychology, experimental psychology, forensic psychology, health psychology, occupational therapy, school psychology, and other such professions.
The Clinical and Behavioral Neuroscience major requires 49-51 credit hours of coursework.
All prerequisites must be completed prior to enrollment in the following courses.
Co-requisites must be taken during the same semester.
PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 230: Life Span Development
PSYC 337: Psychopathology and Clinical Science
BIOL 110: Fundamentals of Cell Biology
BSCI 200: Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
BSCI 275: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
BSCI 275-L: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Laboratory
BSCI 359: Advanced Behavioral Research with Thesis I
BSCI 361: Advanced Behavioral Research with Thesis II
BSCI 380: Undergraduate Internship Experience
BSCI 435: Psychological Tests and Measurements
BSCI 435-L: Psychological Tests and Measurements Laboratory
PSYC 450: History of Psychology
Because of curricular overlap, students majoring in Clinical-Behavioral Neuroscience are not permitted to major simultaneously in Psychology. Students are also not permitted to major in Clinical-Behavioral Neuroscience and minor in Behavioral Neuroscience or Psychology.
