This is a nationally recognized program that probes the three areas of BCN (behaviour, cognition and neuroscience) through the study of biology related to the brain and the biological aspects of psychology. If you’re interested in both biology and psychology, this research-based, limited enrolment program with a low faculty-to-student ratio is for you.
This Course is Honours 4-year program with Thesis Available
Total courses: forty.
(a) Biological Sciences: BIOL-1101, BIOL-1111, BIOL-2040, BIOL-2101, BIOL-2111, BIOM-2131, BIOL2480, BIOL-3142, BIOL-4450, and BIOL-4481; plus one additional biology (BIOL-and BIOM-) course.
(b) Psychology: PSYC-1150, PSYC-1160, PSYC-2230, PSYC-2560, PSYC-3130, PSYC-3220 (or PSYC-3230),
PSYC-3350, PSYC-3530, PSYC-3580 and one of PSYC-3370, PSYC-4230, or PSYC-4570.
(c) Biological Sciences or Psychology: BIOL-3230 or PSYC-3550; BIOL-3022 (or PSYC-2300); and an
honours thesis in the area of behavioural or cognitive neuroscience chosen from BIOL-4904, or PSYC4960 and PSYC-4970, or CHEM-4900, or KINE-4780.
(d) STAT-2910 or SOSC-2500;
(e) one pair of both PHYS-1300 and PHYS-1310, or both PHYS-1400 and PHYS-1410, or both COMP1047 (or COMP-2067) and COMP-2057, or both ESCI-1100 and ESCI-1111, or both ESCI-1120 and ESCI1130
(f) CHEM-1100, CHEM-1110, CHEM-2300, BIOC-2010;
(g) two courses from Arts and Social Sciences excluding Psychology;
(h) four courses at 3000-level or above in Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, or Kinesiology;
(i) two courses from any area of study MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760) is recommended).
Non-credit course: Colloquia and Seminars in Current Behaviour, Cognitive and Neuroscience Research:
Recommended Course Sequence
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