The two sections below includes the core courses, senior seminar, connections in behavioral biology and all courses that can satisfy the three biobehavioral (BEHB-BIOBEH tag) and two social science (BEHB-SOCSCI tag) elective course requirements. Note some BEHB tags have changed, be sure to examine the most recent year before selecting courses.

Please check the requirements page to get a full list of required or optional courses, or consult the online course catalogue for complete course information.

Additional course registration information can be found on the Student Information System website.  

Behavioral Biology Core Courses

Core courses are required of all majors, and generally run the same times every semester. They are not included in the table below.

• 200.141 Foundations of Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, Fall and Spring
• 290.101 Human Origins, Fall
• 200.208 Animal Behavior, Spring
• 080.250 Neuroscience Lab, Fall and Spring
• Animal Behavior and Communication Lab (AS.290.303) Fall or Behavioral Evolution Lab (AS.290.306) Spring (required for students graduating 2027 or later)

Spring 2026

Course Number	Concentration	Course Name	Instructor	Day/Time	Limit	PreReqs Brief
AS.020.303	Biobehavioral	Genetics	Fisher/Gordus	TTh 10:30-11:45	315	*can only be counted as an upper level OR with a lab for the biology requirement
AS.020.319	Biobehavioral	Human Genome Variation with Lab	Cunningham/Mccoy	MWF 11-11:50	18	AS.020.303 Genetics
AS.020.374	Biobehavioral	Comparative Animal Physiology	Coppola	T 12-1:15	80	AS.020.305 Biochemistry, *can only be counted as an upper level OR with a lab for the biology requirement
AS.050.239	Social	Cognitive Development	Yarmolinskaya	TTh 10:30-11:45	19
AS.050.315	Biobehavioral	Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception: The Malfunctioning Visual Brain	McCloskey	TTH 12 - 1:15	75	AS.050.105 OR AS.050.203 OR AS.080.203 OR AS.050.101 OR AS.200.110 OR AS.200.211 or instructor's permission.
AS.050.325	Social	Phonology I	Wilson	MW 1:30 - 2:45	20
AS.050.358	Social	Language & Thought	Hale, Koval	TTh 9 - 10:15 AM	15	AS.050.102 Language and Mind or AS.050.320 Syntax I or AS.050.325 Phonology I
AS.080.304	Biobehavioral	Neuroscience of Learning and Memory	Bakker	TTh 4:30-5:45	45	FBBC
AS.080.328	Biobehavioral	Behavioral Neuroscience Lab	Smith	MW 10:30-11:45; TTh 10:30-11:45	24 (2 sections of 12)	Juniors, Seniors, FBBC
AS.080.337	Biobehavioral	Drug Discovery Research for Neurological Disorders	Tsukamoto	MTh 6 - 7:15	18	FBBC
AS.080.339	Biobehavioral	Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging (writing intensive)	Ross	TTh 12-1:15	20	FBBC
AS.140.347	Social	History of Genetics	Comfort	T 4-6:30	20
AS.200.141	CORE	Foundations of Brain, Behavior, and Cognition	Smith	T 9-10:15	150
AS.200.208	CORE	Animal Behavior	Bohn	TTh 1:30-2:45	50	FBBC
AS.200.238	Biobehavioral	Primate Minds	Krupenye	MW 3-4:15	40	FBBC
AS.200.320	Biobehavioral	Natural and Artificial Intelligence	Honey	M 1:30 - 4	18
AS.200.329	Biobehavioral	Real World Human Data: Analysis & Visualization	Chen	TTh 10:30-11:45	19	NOTE need some coding - will code in Python
AS.200.337	Social	Origins of the Social Mind	Krupenye	TTh 10:30-11:45	15	AS.200.132 OR AS.200.133 OR AS.200.110 OR AS.200.141 (FBBC)
AS.200.377	Biobehavioral	Neuroethology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45	15	Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
AS.200.385	Biobehavioral	Human Neuroplasticity (writing intensive)	Bedny	T 2:30-5:00	19	FBBC. Students who have taken AS.200.363 are not eligible to take AS.200.385.
AS.270.202	Biobehavioral	Introduction to Ecology	Avolio	TTh 10:30-11:45	45	Intro to Global Environmental Change or General Biology I
AS.290.306	CORE/Biobehavioral	Behavioral Evolution Lab (writing intensive)	Gallup	W 1:30-4	12	Juniors, Seniors
AS.290.330	Social	Human Sexuality	Kraft	F 10-12:30	30	Students may receive credit for AS.200.204 or AS.290.330 or AS.290.420, but only ONE can count towards the upper level SOCSCI in Behavioral Biology
AS.290.490	CORE	Senior Seminar	Gallup	W 10-10:50	15	Seniors