This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a guide and framework for students to help them complete their degrees on time. This guide illustrates a generally recommended sequence and arrangement of courses. Please use this guide to help you think through your plan. All students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
OR
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 108-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/School Core – - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major – PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Recommended (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – (Preferred) MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: NEUR 201 - INTRO TO NEUROSCIENCE (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning/Major: CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning/Major: CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: PSYC 242 - STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LEC (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 113L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB (HRS 1)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 18)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: NEUR 305 - RESEARCH METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE (HRS 4)
- Major: Neuro Elective Pick 1 (HRS 4)
- Major: Psychology Elective (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Neuro Elective Pick 1 (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: NEUR 375 - JUNIOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (HRS 2)
- Major: Biology Elective (HRS 4-5)
- Total: (HRS 14-15)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Neuro Elective – Pick 1 (HRS 4)
- Major: NEUR 475 - SENIOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE or NEUR 400 - IS:NEUROSCIENCE (HRS 2-4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 14-16)
Spring Semester
- Major: NEUR 430 - Capstone (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA Required: 2.0 WI: Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
**Gen Ed Distribution Categories: two of the three categories are required with 1 course from outside of academic school.
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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