Approved Major Electives Offered in Spring 2026
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Elective options available in SP26
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 2026 schedule. Or, email neurosci@gmu.edu with brief questions.
| Course # | Title | Cr | Format | Pre-Requisites/Notes |
| NEUR 101 | Intro to Neuroscience | 3 | Asynchronous | *elective credit ONLY if taken before PSYC 375/376 or NEUR 327/335. |
| NEUR 405 | Animal Behavior Lab | 3 | F2F | BIOL 213, PSYC 376 |
| NEUR 461 | Neuroinformatics Methods | 3 | Synchronous online | |
| NEUR 461 | Transforming Academia with Generative AI: Next wave of research & education | 3 | Asynchronous online | |
| NEUR 480 | Biological Bases of Alzheimer;s | 3 | Asynchronous online | |
| BENG 101 | Intro to Bioengineering | 3 | F2F | |
| 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 322 | Developmental Biology | 3 | F2F | BIOL 311 |
| BIOL 326 | Animal Physiology | 3 | F2F | BIOL 213 |
| BIOL 417 | Data Science for Biologists | 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 431 | Advanced Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 | F2F | BIOL 213, BIOL 430 |
| BIOL 452 | Immunology | 3 | F2F | BIOL 305 |
| BIOL 453 | Immunology Lab | 1 | F2F | BIOL 305/306 |
| BIOL 483/CHEM 463 | Biochemistry | 4 | F2F, Synchronous online | BIOL 213, CHEM 313 |
| CDS 230 | Modeling & Simulation I | 3 | F2F, Sync, Async | CDS 130 |
| 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 |
| STAT 350 | Intro to Statistics II | 3 | F2F or Asynchronous online | STAT 250 |