\u00a0***The FALL 2026 COURSE DIRECTORY<\/a> is available now***<\/b> ***The application for Fall 2026 research-for-credit courses<\/a> is available now***<\/b> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boston University’s Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience offers an interdisciplinary major<\/strong> leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience. Our major takes advantage of the unparalleled wealth of neuroscience resources in our area, spanning multiple departments and campuses at Boston University and the broader neuroscience research community of Greater Boston. As a field, neuroscience has grown considerably over the last few decades through its integration of multiple disciplines. A modern understanding of neuroscience now requires training in traditional approaches combined with exposure to novel technologies and new computational methods that make the study of the nervous system possible in ever more exquisite detail. The Neuroscience major at BU combines breadth of exposure to the field as a whole with the opportunity for in-depth of experience in one of three central domains of neuroscience: Neurobiology, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, or Computational Neuroscience. Our program also contributes to the Department of Philosophy’s joint major in Philosophy & Neuroscience<\/a>.<\/p>\n Students who complete the Major in Neuroscience will:<\/p>\n A total of\u00a0seventeen (17) courses<\/strong>\u00a0are required for the Neuroscience major. These courses are offered in multiple departments and colleges including Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Computer Science, and Math. A grade of\u00a0“C” or higher<\/strong>\u00a0is required in most courses to receive credit toward the major (“C-” grades are acceptable for courses in the General Chemistry sequence). Students must earn a total of\u00a0128 credits prior to graduation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Neuroscience students have access to the extensive resources and expertise of affiliated faculty across multiple departments<\/strong> and colleges throughout the university. A wide array of courses are offered through the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, Psychological & Brain\u00a0 Sciences, and Health Sciences in Sargent College. Together more than\u00a040 upper level neuroscience electives are offered, including laboratory courses and seminars.<\/p>\n Opportunities for independent laboratory research<\/strong> are available through multiple departments on the Charles River Campus in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Sargent College; at Boston University’s School of Medicine, including labs in the departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Biochemistry, Neurology, Pathology, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Physiology and Biophysics, and Psychiatry; and in neuroscience laboratories at hospitals and research institutes throughout the Boston area, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Children’s Hospital. Find more information about these opportunities on the Undergraduate Research<\/a> page.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Learn more about all the Neuroscience faculty working on both BU campuses here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find important information about the College of Arts and Science\u2019s practices and procedures in the\u00a0undergraduate bulletin<\/a>, including the official requirements for the BA in Neuroscience<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0***The FALL 2026 COURSE DIRECTORY is available now*** The Course Directory is a list of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17096,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/upn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Course Directory is a list of all the courses being offered in Fall 2026 that satisfy NE major requirements. The Directory also contains suggested BU Hub courses being offered in Fall 2026 that are relevant for NE majors.<\/i><\/p>\n
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\nMore details on Research in Neuroscience and Honors Research in Neuroscience courses can be found here<\/a>. The submission deadline for Fall courses is 5:00 PM ET on Friday, 08\/07\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n
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Neuroscience Major Requirements<\/span><\/h3>\n
Undergraduate Research in Neuroscience<\/span><\/h3>\n
Neuroscience Faculty<\/span><\/h3>\n
Boston University Undergraduate Bulletin<\/span><\/h3>\n