Sample Schedule: Neuroscience, BS (124 Semester Hours)

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
WSC 001 - Composition	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
PSY 001 - Introduction to Psychology	4	BIOL 113 - (NS) General Biology II	4
BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I	4	CHEM 004A - (NS) General Chemistry II and CHEM 004B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II	4
CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I and CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I	4	Students must select one of the following: MATH 050 , 071 , 072 , or 073	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	14

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
NEUR 001 - Introduction to Neuroscience I	3	NEUR 002 - Introduction to Neuroscience II	3
Students must select one of the following: PHYS 001A - (NS) Elementary Physics and PHYS 001B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory or PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics and PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory	4	Students must select one of the following: PHYS 002A - (NS) Elementary Physics and PHYS 002B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory or PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics and PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory	4
Students must select one of the following: PSY 040 - Statistics , BIOL 124 - Biostatistics , or Elective Course	4	Students must select one of the following: PSY 040 - Statistics , BIOL 124 - Biostatistics , or Elective Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course	3	Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

THIRD-YEAR

Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester; not restricted to Junior Year.**

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Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
BIOL 130 - Neurobiology	3	Students must select one of the following: PSY 177 - Behavioral Neuroscience or Elective Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3	Students must select one of the following: BIOL 131 - Neurobiology Laboratory or Elective Course	3
Students must select one of the following: PSY 170 - Clinical Neuropsychology , BIOL or PSY Elective Course	3	Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Students must select one of the following: BIOL, PSY, or Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
Students must select one of the following: BIOL 190 , BIOL 193 , or PSY 141	4	Students must select one of the following: BIOL 191 and BIOL 192 or BIOL 193 and BIOL 194 or PSY 194	4
Students must select one of the following: BIOL or PSY Elective Course	3	Students must select one of the following: BIOL or PSY Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	13	Total Semester Hours	13
Program Total		124

^{Updated December 2022}

^{For more information and to meet your faculty, visit the Psychology Department website at:}

^{https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/psy/index.html}

^{Visit the Biology Department website at:}

^{https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/bio/index.html}

^{Some Psychology and Biology courses (AP/IB/Transfer) taken prior to Hofstra may count toward the major, depending on course descriptions and grades earned.}

^{Some Non-Biology, and Non-Psychology courses taken prior to your first year can count toward general education requirements or elective credits, whether taken at Hofstra or transferred in.}

^NOTES

^{* You are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You can complete your degree of 124 credits by taking 4 or 5 courses each semester. The required courses for the Neuroscience B.S. Major consist of a mixture of 1, 2, 3 and 4 credit courses.}

^{**In addition to going on study abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for a semester in their second or fourth years, or for a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.}

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Sample Schedule: Neuroscience, BS (124 Semester Hours)