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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Neuroscience (BS) Sample Plan


YEAR ONE

Fall       Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II    3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience    3   PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology  
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 3/6) 
3
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I +151L : 
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 2/6) 
4 BI - 152 Introductory Biology II  + BI 152L 4
CH - 101 General Chemistry I  +  CH 101L + CH 101P 5 CH - 102 General Chemistry II  +CH 101L + CH 101P 5
MA - 110 Finite Mathematics  or MA - 121 Calculus I   
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 1/6) 
3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 18 TOTAL CREDITS 15

YEAR TWO

Fall Spring
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3 Expanded Literacies (5/6) 3
NEU - 267 Behavioral Neuroscience   3 NEU - 221 Biostatistics   3
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I  + CH 231L 4 CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II   + CH 232L 4
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 17 TOTAL CREDITS 17

YEAR THREE

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) 3
Neuroscience Elective* or Expanded 
Literacies (6/6)
3-4 Neuroscience Elective* or Expanded 
Literacies (6/6)
3-4
NEU - 311 Research Methods in Neuroscience   4 PH - 202 General Physics II: Wave Phenomena and Electromagnetism  +202L or PH - 204 Introductory Physics II  +204L 5
PH - 201 General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat  +201L orPH - 203 Introductory Physics I  +203L                                   5 Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 18-19 TOTAL CREDITS 17-18

YEAR FOUR

Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3
Neuroscience Elective* or Expanded 
Literacies (6/6) 
3-4 Neuroscience Elective*  3-4
Free Elective or AB 217 (MBA) 3 Free Elective 3
Free Elective or EC 112 (MBA) 3 Free Elective or MBA Course 3
TOTAL CREDITS 3    
  12-13 TOTAL CREDITS 12-13

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 126*

*The total semester credits will be influenced by the neuroscience elective. A biology/neuroscience elective with a lab will be assigned 4 credits resulting in a semester totaling 16 credits.

**Three major electives from the following list: (at least one must have a NEU course code) BI 255 , BI 256 , BI 330 , BI 361 , BI 374 , BI 375 , NEU 451 , NEU 491 , PS 230 , PS 320 , PS 381 .

**4+1 BS/MBA: The Neuroscience Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA courses during their senior year. For more information, see the DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA Program Director.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .