Minor in Behavioral Neuroscience

The Behavioral Neuroscience minor is a 16-hour minor consisting of 10 hours of required courses and 6 hours of elective hour coursework. This minor is designed to provide a neuroscience background for students planning to pursue advanced degrees in psychology, counseling, biology, education, medical professions, and neuroscience, and for students seeking additional training for jobs in assessment, rehabilitation, and treatment of children and adults with brain damage, brain diseases, and drug rehabilitation.

The advisor for this minor is Dr. Cyrille Magne.  He can be reached at 898-5599 or cyrille.magne@mtsu.edu.

Courses taken for this minor cannot be used to satisfy requirements for a major or for other minors.

Required Courses
(10 hours)

Course No. and Title	Credit Hours
PSY 2190 - Human Brain, Behavior and Consciousness	3
PSY 4240 - Behavioral Neuroscience	3
PSY 4150: Laboratory in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) or PSY 3990: Research in Psychology2	1
PSY 4780: Human Neuropsychology3	3

Elective Courses
(Choose at least 6 hours)

Course No. and Title	Credit Hours
PSY 3990 - Research in Psychology4	1-3
PSY 4030 - Psychology of Sensation and Perception5	3
PSY 4040- Introduction to Cognitive Psychology	3
PSY 4050 - Applied Psychopharmacology	3
PSY 4130 - Laboratory in Psychology (Sensation and Perception) or PSY 4140: Laboratory in Psychology (Cognitive Psychology)	1
BIOL 4560 - Neurobiology6	3
PHIL 4550 - Philosophy of the Mind	3

¹ PSY2190 prior to the other required and elective courses in the neuroscience minor.

^{2, 4} Students will need approval from the minor advisor for the research topic in PSY3990.

³ PSY4240 is a prerequisite for PSY4780

⁵ Cannot be taken as an elective if the student's major is Psychology.  PSY4030 will be required for the major is PSY4240 is taken for the minor.

⁶ BIOL1110/1111 & 1120/1121 are prerequisites.