CNS
Central Neuroscience Society
This multidisciplinary major at Central Michigan University integrates courses from four departments: biology, chemistry, health sciences and psychology. The major is designed to provide students with the requisite academic background, technical skills, and hands-on research experience to successfully compete for either neuroscience related jobs in the private and public sectors, or for admission to graduate or professional schools. The major generally consists of 27 credit hours of required courses and 12 credit hours of electives from courses in biology, health sciences and or psychology. In addition, a minimum of 12 credit hours of chemistry will be required.
Required Courses (27 hours):
| BIO 101 (3) | General Biology |
| BIO 392 (4) | Mammalian Physiology |
| BIO 591 (3) | Neurophysiology |
| BIO 487 (2) | Neuroscience Seminar (two semesters, for a maximum of two credits) OR |
| PSY 487 (2) | Neuroscience Seminar (two semesters, for a maximum of two credits) OR |
| PSY 100 (3) | Introduction to Psychology |
| PSY 387 (3) | Behavioral Neuroscience |
| PSY 588 (3) | Functional Neuroanatomy |
| PSY 211 (3) | Introduction to Psychological Statistics OR |
| BIO 500 (3) | Biological Statistics OR |
| HPR 544 (3) | Biostatistics |
| PSY 496 (3) | Directed Research OR |
| BIO 403 (3) | Undergraduate Research |
Electives (12 hours): Six hours from Group A and six hours from Group B below, selected in consultation with and the approval of your adviser.
Group A
| HPR 214 (3) | Human Anatomy |
| BIO 218 (3) | General Zoology |
| BIO 324 (3) | Cell Biology |
| BIO 326 (3) | Genetics |
| BIO 337 (4) | Comparative Anatomy |
| BIO 534 (3) | Endocrinology |
| BIO 552 (4) | Transmission Electron Microscope Technique |
| BIO 554 (4) | Scanning Electron Microscope Technique |
Group B
| HPR 235 (3) | Psychoactive Drugs |
| PSY 382 (3) | Perception |
| PSY 383 (3) | Learning and Memory |
| PSY 384 (3) | Behavior Analysis |
| BIO 518 (3) | Animal Behavior |
| PSY 585 (3) | Psychophysiology |
| PSY 587 (3) | Physiological Psychology |
| HPR 597 (3) | Physiological Responses to Abused Substances |
Additional Requirements (12-23 hours)
Students must take one of the following sequences:
| CHM 120 (4) | Survey of Chemistry AND |
| CHM 127 (1) | Introductory Chemistry Laboratory OR |
| CHM 131 (4) | Introduction to Chemistry I AND |
| CHM 132 (4) | Introduction to Chemistry II OR |
| CHM 161 (5) | Principles of Chemistry AND |
| CHM 211 (4) | Quantitative Analysis |
Plus one of these:
| CHM 342 (4) | Survey to Organic Chemistry OR |
| CHM 345 (3) | Organic Chemistry I AND |
| CHM 346 (3) | Organic Chemistry II AND |
| CHM 349 (2) | Introduction to Organic Chemistry Lab |
Plus one of these:
| CHM 421 (3) | Survey of Biochemistry OR |
| CHM 425 (3) | Introduction to Biochemistry OR |
| CHM 521 (3) | Biochemistry I AND |
| CHM 522 (3) | Biochemistry II |
Courses bold italicized are highly recommended through CNS
In addition to the above requirement the following are strong suggestions from Central Neuroscience Society for those who want to specialize in Molecular and Cellular aspects of Neuroscience:
| BIO 524 (3) | Molecular Biology |
| BIO 544 (3) | Developmental Biology |
| BIO 537 (3) | Immunology |
| BIO 512 (3) | Embryology |
| BIO 577 (3) | Hematology |
| CHM 523 (3) | Clinical Chemistry |
| CHM 561 (3) | Polymer Chemistry |
For Students interested to go into Medicine:
| BIO 208 (3) | Microbiology |
| MTH 130 (4) | Pre Calculus Mathematics |
| MTH 132 (4) | Calculus I |
