Concentration in Biopsychology

Concentration Requirements

DIRECTOR

 Assistant Professor Soper

As an interdisciplinary subject biopsychology elucidates the connections between the organization of the nervous system and behavior that enable us to see how individuals engage the world. The Biopsychology Concentration addresses the study of psychology and biology as complementary disciplines that are both enhanced when combined. The inclusion of courses from both domains provides students with a basis for understanding the relationship between psychology and biology at an advanced level. This concentration will appeal to science and humanities students with a pre-health emphasis, psychology students wanting additional biological studies and biology students interested in the brain/mind behavioral interface.

Requirements List

Concentration Requirements 19 credit hours of study including the following required courses:

PSY 2313General Psychology

3

BIO 3317Tropical Ecology and Ecopyschology

3

One course from
BIO 3323Anatomy

3

BIO 3331Physiology

3

BIO 2315Human Biology

3

BIO 3346Animal Behavior

3

One course from
PSY 3336Abnormal Psychology

3

PSY 3345
Fundamentals of Neuropsychology

3

PSY 3329
Lifespan Development

3

One lab course from
BIO 3123Anatomy Lab

1

BIO 3131Physiology Lab

1

BIO 2115Human Biology Lab

1

BIO 3117Tropical Ecology and Ecopyschology Lab

1

BIO 3146Animal Behavior Lab

1

Two courses (total 6 Credits) from
BIO 2360Environmental Science

3

BIO 3347Evolutionary Biology

3

BIO 3V42Special Topics/Epidemiology

3

BIO 4355Fundamental Neuroscience

3

BIO 4V63Advanced Physiology

3

PSY 3341Psychology Of Personality

3

PSY 4339Perception and Cognition

3

ANSC 3320Introduction to Public Health

3

Or

ANSC 4320Global Health

3

PSY 4303Organizational Behavior

3

Or

BUS 4303Organizational Behavior

3

PSY 3336Abnormal Psychology

3

Or

PSY 3345Fundamentals of Neuropsychology

3

Or

BIO 3346Animal Behavior

3

PSY 3336 or PSY 3345 or BIO 3346: If not chosen for the required section above.