Overview

The Minor in Neuroscience Research, offered by the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, expands opportunities for Temple students to apply neuroscience knowledge in research settings and to become more competitive in their applications to graduate and professional schools. The required courses in the Neuroscience Research minor focus on basic neuroscience, neuroanatomy, cellular neuroscience and conducting research.

In addition to formal coursework, students are required to take two neuroscience elective courses. The students have options to take independent study courses that result in a research project as electives. The Neuroscience Research Project is a unique project developed over two semesters of independent study. This research project may not overlap with projects for other programs (e.g., Honors).

Minors are awarded only at the time of completion of the bachelor's degree and cannot be awarded either as a stand-alone program of study or after completion of the first bachelor's degree.

Curricular Overlap Policies

Students majoring in Psychology may declare a minor in Neuroscience Research and may double-count one elective and NSCI 3096 Conducting Neuroscience Research for both programs without taking any replacement coursework.

Because of some overlap in coursework, students cannot pursue both the Neuroscience Research minor and the Cognitive Neuroscience minor.

Campus Location: Main

Contact Information

Please contact the College of Liberal Arts' Center for Academic Advising for more information on minors, certificates or other CLA programs.

Requirements

Required Courses
NSCI 1051Fundamentals of Neuroscience3
NSCI 2122Cellular Neuroscience3
NSCI 2001Functional Neuroanatomy3
NSCI 3096Conducting Neuroscience Research3
Electives
Select two of the following:6-7
NSCI 3000-4999 not used for another requirement
Development/Plasticity/Repair
The Neurobiology of Disease
Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience
Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscience of Development and Aging
Psychopharmacology
Total Credit Hours18-19