Behavioral Neuroscience and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogScienceBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

Official catalog page for this program

Behavioral Neuroscience Overview

• One of:
  • BNSC 1000 — Behavioral Neuroscience at Northeastern
  • PHIL 1000 — Philosophy at Northeastern
• One of:
  • EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
  • EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

COS Foundations

• All of:
  • BIOL 1107 — Foundations of Biology
  • BIOL 1108 — Lab for BIOL 1107
• BIOL 2299 — Inquiries in Biological Sciences
• All of:
  • BIOL 2301 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 2302 — Lab for BIOL 2301
• All of:
  • CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
  • CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
• All of:
  • CHEM 2311 — Organic Chemistry 1
  • CHEM 2312 — Lab for CHEM 2311
• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Mathematics Foundation

• One of:
  • MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
  • MATH 1241 — Calculus 1

Statistics Foundation

From the catalog

Complete one of the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1-semester-hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission):

• One of:
  • All of:
    • ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
    • ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
  • PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Behavioral Neuroscience Foundations

• PSYC 3200 — Clinical Neuroanatomy
• PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology

Psychology Elective

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • PSYC 1214 — The Moral Mind: The Science Underlying Ethical Decision-Making and Virtuous Character
  • PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 3406 — Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
  • PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
  • PSYC 3451 — Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis
  • PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
  • PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Behavioral Neuroscience Advanced Courses

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • BIOL 3405 — Neurobiology
  • BIOL 3415 — Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • BIOL 3425 — Developmental Neuroplasticity and Technology
  • BIOL 3601 — Neural Systems and Behavior
  • BIOL 3605 — Developmental Neurobiology
  • BIOL 4705 — Neurobiology of Cognitive Decline
  • BIOL 5595 — Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
  • BIOL 5601 — Multidisciplinary Approaches in Motor Control
  • PSYC 3506 — Neuropsychology of Fear
  • PSYC 3508 — Behavioral Endocrinology
  • PSYC 3510 — Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
  • PSYC 4510 — Psychopharmacology
  • PSYC 4512 — Neuropsychology
  • PSYC 4514 — Clinical Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4570 — Behavioral Genetics

Behavioral Neuroscience Upper-Level Elective

From the catalog

Complete one course that is not already taken as long as prerequisites have been met:

BIOL 3403 or higher

BNSC 4991 or higher

PSYC 3404 or higher

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • Any BIOL course numbered 3403–9999
  • Any BNSC course numbered 4991–9999
  • Any PSYC course numbered 3404–9999

Philosophy Foundations

• One of:
  • PHIL 1105 — Science and Pseudoscience
  • PHIL 3050 — Information and Uncertainty
• PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
• PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
• One of:
  • PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • POLS 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
• PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy

Philosophy Restricted Elective

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following list, not taken to fulfill other requirements:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • PHIL 3305 — Philosophy of Emotions
  • PHIL 3360 — Scientific Approaches to Philosophy
  • PHIL 3435 — Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL 4500 — Theory of Knowledge
  • PHIL 4510 — Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 4535 — Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 4555 — Philosophy of Biology

Additional Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two additional PHIL courses not taken to fulfill other requirements.

Integrative Requirements

• One of:
  • BIOL 3419 — Engaging with Genomics: Ethics Law and Policy
  • BIOL 4709 — Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • PSYC 3545 — Ethics in Animal Research
• One of:
  • PHIL 4535 — Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 4555 — Philosophy of Biology

College Writing

• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
  • ENGW 1114 — First-Year Writing with Service-Learning

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

• One of:
  • ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
  • ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences
  • ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• EESC 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1113 (tier C)
• ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
• ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1113 (tier C)
• ENGW 1113 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
• ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)
• ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3308 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1341 (tier C)
• PHIL 2325 ↔ POLS 2325 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under behavioral-neuroscience-and-philosophy-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.