Approved Major Electives Offered in Fall 2025
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Elective options available in FA25
See the catalog for course descriptions and more detail about pre-requisites.
Please schedule an appointment with neuroscience advising for questions or assistance about your Fall 2024 schedule. Or, email neurosci@gmu.edu with brief questions.
Course # | Title | Cr | Format | Pre-Requisites/Notes |
NEUR 101 | Intro to Neuroscience | 3 | F2F, Synchronous or Asynchronous | *elective credit ONLY if taken before PSYC 375/376 or NEUR 327/335. |
NEUR 328 | Cellular Neuroscience Lab | 2 | F2F | *elective credit for catalogs prior to 22/23. Post 22/23 catalogs, this is a required course. |
NEUR 424 | Sleep & Circadian Rhythms | 3 | F2F | BIOL 213, PSYC 376 |
NEUR 461 | Neuroinformatics Methods | 3 | F2F | |
NEUR 461 | Biosciences, Neurotechnology & Society | 3 | Synchronous online | |
NEUR 461 | Transforming Academia with Generative AI: Next wave of research & education | 3 | Asynchronous online | |
BENG 101 | Intro to Bioengineering | 3 | F2F | |
BINF 401 | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | 3 | Synchronous online | |
BIOL 305 | Microbiology | 3 | F2F, Synchronous online lecture | BIOL 213 |
BIOL 306 | Microbiology lab | 1 | F2F | BIOL 213, BIOL 305 pre/co-requisite |
BIOL 311 | Genetics | 4 | F2F | BIOL 213 |
BIOL 417 | Bioinformatics | 3 | Synchronous online | |
BIOL 417 | R&D in Biotech | 3 | Synchronous online | |
BIOL 426 | Mechanisms of Aging | 3 | Synchronous online | BIOL 311 |
BIOL 429 | Bio Foundations of Pharmacology | 3 | Synchronous online | BIOL 124/125 or BIOL 430/431 Anatomy & Physiology, BIOL 483/CHEM 463 Biochemistry |
BIOL 430 | Advanced Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 | F2F | BIOL 213 |
BIOL 432 | Clinical Applications of Physiology | 3 | F2F | BIOL 124/125 or BIOL 430/431 |
BIOL 452 | Immunology | 3 | F2F | BIOL 305 |
BIOL 453 | Immunology Lab | 1 | F2F | BIOL 305/306 |
BIOL 482 | Molecular Genetics | 3 | F2F | BIOL 311 |
BIOL 483/CHEM 463 | Biochemistry | 4 | F2F, Synchronous online | BIOL 213, CHEM 313 |
CDS 301 | Scientific Information & Data Visualization | 3 | F2F, Asynchronous online | CDS 130 |
CHEM 313 | Organic Chem I | 3 | F2F, Synchronous online | CHEM 212 |
CHEM 315 | Organic Chem I lab | 2 | F2F | CHEM 212/214 |
CHEM 314 | Organic Chem II | 3 | F2F, Synchronous online | CHEM 313 |
CHEM 318 | Organic Chem II lab | 2 | F2F | CHEM 313/315 |
MATH 114 | Calc II | 4 | F2F, synchronous online, Recitations F2F | MATH 113 |
MATH 203 | Linear Algebra | 3 | F2F, Synchronous online, Recitations are F2F | MATH 114 |
MATH 213 | Calc III | 3 | F2F, synchronous online | MATH 114 |
MATH 214 | Differential Equations | 3 | F2F, synchronous online | MATH 213 |
PSYC 304 | Principles of Learning | 4 | F2F, Asynchronous online | PSYC 300 or equivalent |
PSYC 309 | Sensation, Perception, Information Processing | 4 | F2F | PSYC 300 or equivalent |
PSYC 317 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 | F2F, Asynchronous Online | PSYC 100 |
PSYC 441 | Criminal Behavior/Neuro | 3 | F2F | PSYC 100 |
PSYC 461 | Drugs & the Brain | 3 | Asynchronous online | PSYC 100 |
STAT 350 | Intro to Statistics II | 3 | F2F or Asynchronous online | STAT 250 |