[FUN_Mail] What electives are included in your Neuroscience Program - responses needed asap

[Mike Wiest]

Hi Judith,

The attached is a bit old but has most of the courses that can count
towards a neuroscience major at Wellesley College.  Our criteria are about
the same as what Elaine expressed---the course should be a foundational
topic like molecular biology (for our 200-level electives) or it's got a
lot of actual neuroscience in it (for our 300-level electives).

Best,
Mike Wiest
Wellesley College Neuroscience


On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Judith Ogilvie <ogilviej at slu.edu> wrote:

> Hi all -
> We are trying to update our list of neuroscience electives for our
> interdisciplinary program. The curriculum committee is requesting
> clarification about why we have selected these specific courses and
> excluded others. The original list of electives was based on what was
> offered by other programs.  Since they have asked for a response from me by
> this *Wed night 3/6 *I'm hoping you all can help save me the time of
> searching scores of web pages. Right now we are just looking at the biology
> electives.
>
> Below is the list that includes (a) courses already approved, (b) courses
> we would like to add, and (c) courses that the committee has suggested.
>
> If you have a neuroscience degree program, please let me know which ones
> you include as electives in your program and which ones are available at
> your institution but not included as electives, and why not.
>
>
> BIOL      3010        Evolution
>                                                   3
>
> BIOL      3030        Principles of Genetics
> 3
>
> *BIOL      3060        Cell Structure & Function
> Laboratory                 1*
> *BIOL      3100        Experiments in Genetics
> Lab                                1*
> BIOL      3280        Ethnobotony
>                                              3
>
> BIOL      3400        General Ecology
>                                   3
>
> *BIOL      3420        Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates        5*
>
> *BIOL      3470        General Physiology
> Laboratory                            2*
>
> BIOL      3480        Exercise Physiology
> 3
>
> BIOL      4010        Sex, Evolution, and Behavior
> 3
>
> BIOL      4030        Introduction to Genomics
> 3
> *BIOL      4050        Molecular Technique
> Laboratory                          2*
> BIOL      4070        Advanced Biological Chemistry
> 3
> BIOL      4080        Advanced Cell Biology
> 3
> BIOL      4150        Nerve Cell Mechanisms in Behavior
> 3
>
> BIOL      4250        Neurobiology of Disease
> 3
>
> BIOL      4360        Animal Behavior
>                                     3
>
> *BIOL      4370        Animal Behavior
> Lab                                                 *1
>
> BIOL      4410        Comparative Animal Physiology
> 3
>
> *BIOL      4440        Vertebrate Histology: Structure and *
>
> *                                  Function of
> Tissues                                                   4*
> BIOL      4500        Introductory Endocrinology
> 3
> BIOL      4510        Behavioral Endocrinology
> 3
> BIOL      4540        Human Cellular Physiology I
> 3
> BIOL      4600        Developmental Biology
> 3
>
> BIOL      *4610*        *Developmental Biology
> Lab                                    2*
> BIOL      4630        Foundations of Immunobiology
> 3
> BIOL      4700        Molecular Biology
>                                 3
>
>
> I am working to educate the curriculum committee about Neuroscience - I
> was asked what Molecular Biology has to do with Neuroscience - so any other
> comments are welcome and would be greatly appreciated. How have you made
> decisions about which electives to include? Do you look at learning
> objectives? Are there any courses that someone has requested be added but
> were decided to be not appropriate for the major and, if so, why? Some have
> suggested including all biology courses, including Plants and Fungi. What
> criteria would you use to include or exclude a course as a neuro elective?
>
> Thanks,
> -Judy Ogilvie
>
> ****************************************************
> Judith Mosinger Ogilvie, Ph.D., FARVO
> Associate Professor of Biology
> Co-Director, Neuroscience Program
>
> Department of Biology
> Saint Louis University
> 3507 Laclede Ave.
> St. Louis, MO  63103
> email:      ogilviej at slu.edu
> Phone:     314-977-3965 <(314)%20977-3965>
> Fax:         314-977-3658 <(314)%20977-3658>
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