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Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences/Course 9

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
Subjects
Science Requirement
6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [three subjects can be satisfied by 9.00 and two other HASS subjects in the Departmental Program]
8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [one subject can be satisfied by 9.01 in the Departmental Program]
2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by a laboratory in the Departmental Program]
1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree
17
Communication Requirement
 
The program includes a Communication Requirement of 4 subjects:
2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M).
 
PLUS Departmental Program
Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics).
Required Subjects
126-132
9.00 Introduction to Psychology, 12, HASS
9.01 Introduction to Neuroscience, 12, REST
 
9.07 Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12; 18.01 and 18.02*
or
6.041, 14.30, 18.05, 18.440 or any of the following Harvard courses: Statistics 100, 101, or 102 may be used to fulfill the statistics requirement
 
Core Subjects
Choose six subjects from three areas: cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroscience. Any combination of subjects is permitted, but at least one subject must be chosen in a second area.
 
Cognitive Science
 
9.34J Perception, Knowledge, and Cognition, 9; 9.00*
9.37J Anigrafs, 12; 9.34*
9.56J Abnormal Language, 12; 24.900*
9.57J Language Acquisition, 12, HASS; 24.900*
9.59J Psycholinguistics, 12, HASS; 9.00, 24.900
9.65 Cognitive Processes, 12, HASS; 9.00
9.66J Computational Cognitive Science, 12; 9.07, 18.05, or 6.041*
9.85 Infant and Early Childhood Cognition, 12; 9.00
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, 12, HASS-D, CI-H
 
Cognitive Neuroscience
 
9.10 Cognitive Neuroscience, 12; 9.01
9.20 Animal Behavior, 12, HASS; 9.00*
9.22J A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain, 12
9.35 Sensation and Perception, 12; 8.02, 18.02*
9.71 Functional MRI of High-Level Vision, 12, CI-M; 9.07; 9.34, 9.35, 9.65, or 9.66*
 
Neuroscience
 
9.03 Neural Basis of Learning and Memory, 12; 9.01
9.04 Neural Basis of Vision and Audition, 12; 9.01*
9.05 Neural Basis of Movement, 12; 9.01*
9.09J Cellular Neurobiology, 12; 7.05
9.14 Brain Structure and Its Origins, 12, 9.01
9.15 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission, 12; 9.01, 7.05*
9.18 Developmental Neurobiology, 12, CI-M; 9.01, 7.03, 7.05
9.24 Diseases of the Nervous System, 12; 9.01
9.29J Introduction to Computational Neuroscience, 12; 18.03, 8.02*
9.31 Neurophysiology of Memory, 12; 9.01
 
Laboratory
 
One of the following is required:
9.02 Brain Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01
or
9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, 7.012*
or
9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.35, 9.59, 9.66, 9.65, or 9.85
or
9.63 Laboratory in Cognitive Science, 12, LAB, CI-M
 
plus one of the following:
 
9.URG Undergraduate Research, 12
9.02 Brain Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01
9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, 7.012*
9.50 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12, LAB; 9.00*
9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.35, 9.59, 9.66, 9.65, or 9.85
9.63 Laboratory in Cognitive Science, 12, LAB, CI-M
 
Restricted Electives
21-24
Two relevant subjects to be arranged with the student's advisor.
 
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs
(36-45)
Unrestricted Electives(1)
60-69
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
180
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.
Notes
 
*Alternate prerequisites are listed in the subject description
(1) Additional elective units may be available to the extent the General Institute Requirements are fulfilled by subjects taken in the department program. 
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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