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Neurons
George Mason University

Approved Major Electives Offered in Spring 2024

Elective options available in SP24

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 Spring 2024 schedule. Or, email neurosci@gmu.edu with brief questions. 

Course#TitleCrFormatPre-requisites
NEUR 328Cellular Neuroscience Lab2F2FBIOL 213, NEUR 327 (pre/co-req); Elective for students with catalogs prior to 22/23
NEUR 405Animal Behavior Lab 3F2F Statistics (BIOL 214, PSYC 300, STAT 250 or equivalent), PSYC 376; recommended NEUR 327 or 335
NEUR 411Seminar in Neuroscience3F2FAdditional sections of NEUR 411 with different topics can be used in NEUR major electives
NEUR 422Glutamatergic Systems3F2F NEUR 327
NEUR 461 Behavioral Chemistry3F2F 
NEUR 461Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of neurological disorders3Hybrid, F2F with asynchronous workRecommended NEUR 335
NEUR 461Computational Social Neuroscience3Asynchronous online 
NEUR 480Biological Bases of Alzheimer's3F2F 
BENG 101Intro to Bioengineering3Asynchronous online 
BENG 350Neural System Designs3F2FBENG 313 and BIOL 213
BINF 401Bioinformatics/Computational Biology3Synchronous onlineBIOL 213, BIOL 214/stat equivalent and CDS 130 
BIOL 305Microbiology3F2F or Synchronous onlineBIOL 213
BIOL 306Microbiology lab1F2FBIOL 213, BIOL 305 pre/co requisite
BIOL 311Genetics4F2F or Asynchronous online lecture, req lab is F2FBIOL 213 and recommended Statistics (BIOL 214 or STAT 250)
BIOL 322Developmental Biology3F2F 
     
BIOL 420Vaccines3Synchronous onlineBIOL 305
BIOL 426Mechanisms of Aging3Synchronous OnlineBIOL 213 and BIOL 311
BIOL 429Bio Foundation of Pharmacology3F2FBIOL 124 & BIOL 125 OR BIOL 430 & BIOL 431 OR
BIOL 483/CHEM 463 
BIOL 431Adv Human Anatomy & Physiology II4F2FBIOL 213 
BIOL 452Immunology3F2FBIOL 213 and BIOL 305
BIOL 453Immunology lab1F2FBIOL 213, BIOL 305/306
BIOL 483 (CHEM 463)Biochemistry4F2FBIOL 213 and CHEM 313/315
CHEM 313Organic Chem I (lecture)3F2F or Synchronous onlineCHEM 212/214
CHEM 315Organic Chem I lab2F2FCHEM 212/214 and pre/Co req CHEM 313
CHEM 314Organic Chem II (lecture)3F2F CHEM 313
CHEM 318 Organic Chem II lab2F2FCHEM 313/315 and pre/co req CHEM 314
CHEM 463 (BIOL 483)Biochemistry4F2FCHEM 313/315
CHEM 465Biochemistry lab2F2FCHEM 313/315, pre/co req CHEM 463/BIOL 483
CDS 301Scientific Information and Data Visualization3F2F or Asynchronous onlineCDS 130
MATH 114Calculus II 4F2F, Synchronous online, or Asynchronous onlineMATH 113 (or MATH 123/124)
MATH 203Linear Algebra3F2F or Asynchronous onlineMATH 114
MATH 213Analytic Geometry & Calculus III3F2F or Synchronous onlineMATH 114
MATH 214Elementary Differential Equations3F2F or Asynchronous onlineMATH 213
PSYC 304Principles of Learning 4F2F or Asynchronous onlinePSYC 300 (or equivalent, STAT 250 or BIOL 214) 
PSYC 309Sensation, Perception, Information Processing4F2FPSYC 300 (or equivalent, STAT 250 or BIOL 214)
PSYC 317Cognitive Psychology3F2F or Asynchronous onlinePSYC 100
PSYC 441Criminal Behavior Psyc/Neuro3F2FPSYC 100
STAT 350Intro to Statistics II3F2F and Asynchronous onlineSTAT 250