THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

Senate Document Number     5708S

 

Date of Senate Approval      04/24/08

 

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

APC Document 48:                                           Add Minor in Neuroscience

 

 

Effective Date: Fall 2008

 

1.  Add:            On page 167, before the entry for Italian:

 

 

Interdisciplinary Studies: Neuroscience (NEUR)

 

Minor in Neuroscience

The neuroscience minor helps students understand brain science from different disciplinary perspectives. Students must complete 23 hours for the minor including BIOL 116, CHEM 111 and CHEM 132. 15 additional hours must be selected from the courses listed below. (Note: prerequisites for some of these courses may increase the total number of hours.) The minor must include a minimum of 9 hours at the 300-400 level of which 6 hours must be from outside the student’s major department. Appropriate special topics courses may be substituted with the approval of the director of the Neuroscience minor.

 

BIOL 338                       Mammalian Physiology (4)

BIOL 344                       Cell Biology (4)

BIOL 360                       Animal Behavior (4)

BIOL 444                       Biological Biochemistry (4)

BIOL 455                       Principles of Animal Physiology (4)

CHEM 236                    General Chemistry II (3)

CHEM 436                    Biochemistry I (3)

CHEM 437                    Biochemistry II (3)

MATH 191                     Calculus I (4)

MATH 192                     Calculus II (4)

MATH 291                     Calculus III (4)

MATH 352                     Introduction to Mathematical Models (3)

PSYC 101                     General Psychology:Brain and Behavioral Processes (3)

PSYC 215                     Mind and Brain (3)

PSYC 320                     Biopsychology (3)

PSYC 325                     Perception (3)  

 

171-4, 271-4, 371-4, 471-4    Special Topics in Neuroscience (1-4)

Courses not otherwise included in the catalog but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as subject matter changes.  See program director.

 

179, 379, 479 Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 179, 379, 479)

Colloquia offered to fulfill ILS requirements. See Liberal Studies for course descriptions. May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.

 

 

Impact:

There will be an increase in students from psychology, math, biology and chemistry taking courses in the other departments. Other impacts of the Neuroscience minor include increased enrollment by non-majors in upper level Biology courses.  

 

Rationale: 

Neuroscience is a huge interdisciplinary field with over 40,000 neuroscientists. Many of our students would like to go to graduate school in neuroscience or a related discipline. A minor in neuroscience would help them focus their elective credits to best prepare them for graduate school in the field.

 

 

2.  Add:      On page 42, under Optional Minor Fields of Concentration, between Music and Philosophy:

 

                  Neuroscience

 

 

 

3.  Add:      On page 58, between NC-REN and Philosophy

 

                              Neuroscience                NEUR

 

 

Impact: 

None.

 

Rationale:

Editorial addition to include Neuroscience in the listing for minors.  Also need to add the NEUR prefix.