The Educational Neuroscience B.S. Program trains future educational researchers, practitioners, and administrators within the interdisciplinary field of educational neuroscience. The primary objectives of educational neuroscience are: to explore biological mechanisms that underlie learning and cognition, to inquire how these mechanisms interact with individual and socio-cultural factors relevant to education, and to develop evidence-based practices in teaching and learning-design. Our program equips students with a comprehensive understanding of key theories and paradigms in learning and cognition, supports acquisition of research skills (e.g., computational, neuroimaging, electrophysiology), and offers extensive hands-on research experiences.
General Education Requirements
Students must meet General Education requirements. At least 120 hours are required for the degree. Additional advisor-approved electives may be necessary to meet the 120-hour degree requirement.
Students in this program should select the following courses in the Foundational Core:
| Code and Title | Hours |
| Legends | |
| Brain, Learning, and Cognition (included in major courses) | |
When selecting courses to meet General Education requirements, students should note the following:
- History and Social and Behavioral Sciences: ANT 100, HD 101, and PY 101 meet Social and Behavioral Sciences requirements; however, at least 3 credit hours of History is also required.
- The Natural Science requirement is met with course requirements below.
- Mathematical Sciences: The requirement is met with MATH 125.
- Students must meet the World Language Proficiency requirement.
- Students must complete a course approved for the U.S. and Global Citizenship designation (3 credit hours).
- In the Upper-Division Core, for this program, the Writing requirement is met with required courses in the major.
| Educational Neuroscience | Hours |
| BEP 220 | Brain, Learning, and Cognition | 3 |
| BEP 305 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| BEP 310 | Lab-based Research Practicum | 6 |
| BEP 330 | Comput. Methods in Cogn Neuro (or BSC 481 or ST 440) | 3 |
| BER 345 | Educational Statistics (or PY 211, ST 260, BSC 380, CJ 381) | 3 |
| BER 346 or | Expt Methods Ed Neuro | 3 |
| PY 355 | General Experimental Psych |
| BEP 400 | Tpcs Ed Neuro: Numerical Cogn | 3 |
| BEP 420 | Tpcs in Ed Neuro: Sci Thinking | 3 |
| BEP 450 | Tpcs Ed Neuro:Mor Psy & Et Dev | 3 |
| BEP 460 | Tpcs: Language, Reading, Brain | 3 |
| BEP 480 | Neuroimaging | 4 |
| BEP 490 | Electrophysiology | 4 |
| 41 |
| UA 101 | Legends | 1 |
| 3-6 |
| Advanced English Composition | |
| Honors English Composition |
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| MATH 125 | Calculus I (MATH 112, MATH 113, or MATH 115 should be taken, IF NEEDED as prerequisite, before taking MATH 125.) | 4 |
| BSC 108 | Intro Biology Non Maj I (or BSC 114/115; BSC 114/115 for pre-med) | 4 |
| BSC 109 | Intro Biology Non Maj II (or BSC 116/117; BSC 116/117 for pre-med) | 4 |
| CH 101 | General Chemistry | 4 |
| PH 101 | General Physics I | 4 |
| PY 101 | Intro To Psychology | 3 |
| ANT 100 | Anthropology and Humanity | 3 |
| HD 101 | Life Span Human Development | 3 |
| 15 |
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| 48-51 |
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| Human Anatomy & Physiology I | |
| Human Anatomy & Physiology II | |
| Biol Evol (Fall only) | |
| Cell Biology | |
| Genetics | |
| Human Physiology | |
| Fundamentals of Biochemistry | |
| Molecular Biology | |
| Intro Comm Disorders | |
| Language Development | |
| Neurology for SLP | |
| Pediatric Disorders | |
| Neurological Disorders | |
| General Chemistry | |
| Honors General Chemistry | |
| Elem Organic Chemistry I | |
| Elem Organic Chem II | |
| Elem Organic Chem Lab (with CH 232; pre-med) | |
| Culture, Mind, and Behavior | |
| Neuroanthropology | |
| Early and Middle Child Dev | |
| Calculus II | |
| General Physics II | |
| Mind and Nature | |
| Phil. Psych. and Neuroscience | |
| Philosophy of Mind | |
| Neuroethics | |
| Neural Basis of Consciousness | |
| Sensation and Perception | |
| Developmental Psych | |
| Bio Basis of Psych Disorders | |
| Psychology Of Learning | |
| History & Systems | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| Physiological Psych | |
| Child Psychology | |
| Intro Cognitive Psychlgy | |
| Survey Spe Accomd Stratg | |
| 29 |
| Total Hours | 118-121 |
In addition to opportunities for graduate training in educational neuroscience and related fields, this degree can lead to careers in the public sector, such as health systems administration, community development and resources, and non-governmental organizations, as well as in the private sector such as data analysis, cognitive diagnosis and assessments, and educational technology. This is also an excellent undergraduate degree if a student is planning to pursue medical school, law school, or business school.
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