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This interdisciplinary minor integrates brain and behavior research and incorporates coursework in psychology and biology.  The minor serves students who are interested in traditional neuroscience fields, but also those interested in animal behavior, communicative disorders, and healthcare-related fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Neuroscience and Behavior Minor consists of at least 18 credits<\/strong>. For more information visit the UW-Stevens Point course catalog.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required Courses:<\/strong> Take all of the following:
PSYC 200: Research Methods in Psychology or <\/em>HS 360: Research Design for the Health Sciences<\/em> 
PSYC 325: Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychology Courses:<\/strong> Choose at least 6 credits from the following: 
PSYC 390: Psychoactive Drugs and Behavior 
<\/em>PSYC 330: Perception <\/em>
PSYC 333: Animal Cognition<\/em>
PSYC 375: Learning<\/em>
PSYC 377: Evolutionary Psychology<\/em>
PSYC 385: Health Psychology<\/em>
PSYC 388: Animal Behavior
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biology Courses:<\/strong> Choose at least 6 credits from the following:
BIOL 314: Cell Biology <\/em>
BIOL 317: Developmental Biology <\/em>
BIOL 381: Animal Physiology<\/em>
BIOL 382: Endocrinology of Mammals<\/em>
BIOL 383: Biology of Reproduction<\/em>
BIOL 385: Human Physiology<\/em>
BIOL 388: Animal Behavior<\/em>
BIOL 390: Neurobiology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: PSYC 388 and BIOL 388 are two sections of the same team-taught interdisciplinary course and, therefore, may not be counted twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Heather Molenda-Figueira, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
hmolenda@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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