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) upper-level requirements. Note some BEHB tags have changed, be sure to examine the most recent year before selecting courses.
Please check the BS 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 (Required of All Majors)
Core courses generally run the same times every semester, so are not included in the table below.
- 200.141 Foundations of Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, Fall and Spring
- 290.101 Human Origins, Spring
- 200.208 Animal Behavior, Fall
- 080.250 Neuroscience Lab, Fall and Spring
Fall 2023
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Day/Time | Limit | Focus | PreReqs Brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS.020.374 | Comparative Physiology | Coppola | TTh 12:00-1:45 | 90 | Biobehavioral | Biochemistry |
| AS.050.236 | Neurolinguistics | Yarmolinskaya | TTh 1:30-2:45 | 19 | Biobehavioral | |
| AS.050.252 | Cognitive Science in Artificial Intelligence Part I | Lopez-Gonzalez | MW 1:30-2:45 | 15 | Biobehavioral | Students may only receive credit for AS.050.232, AS.050.352, or AS.050.652, but not all |
| AS.050.358 | Language & Thought | Landau | T 1:30-4 | 15 | Biobehavioral | Language and Mind or Syntax I or Phonology I |
| AS.050.383 | Computational Social Cognition | Isik | TTh 12-1:15 | 19 | Biobehavioral | Neuroscience: Cognitive or Intro to Computational Cognitive Science or equivalent |
| AS.080.250 | Neuroscience Laboratory | Trageser/ Sterbing-D'Angelo/Ross | T 1:30-4:20 W 1:30-4:20 Th 1:30-4:20 F 1:30-4:20 (online) | 20 (4 sections) | CORE | |
| AS.080.301 | Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Smith | MWF 12:00-12:50 | 25 | Biobehavioral | FBBC or Neuro Cellular/Systems 2 |
| AS.080.308 | Neuroeconomics | Trageser | WF 12:00-1:15 | 70 | Biobehavioral | FBBC or Neuro Cellular/Systems 2 or Intro to the Human Brain |
| AS.080.349 | Neural Oscillations, Cognition and Disease (writing intensive) | Ross | TTh 12-1:15 | 20 | Biobehavioral | FBBC or Neuro: Cognitive or Neuroscience: Cellular & Systems I |
| AS.140.238 | A History of the Mind Sciences | Li | TTh 12-1:15 | 29 | Social | |
| AS.150.219 | Introduction to Bioethics (writing intensive) | Bok | MW 12:00-12:50 Lecture Various sections | 16 (12 sections) | Social | |
| AS.180.217 | Game Theory in Social Sciences | Chen | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 40 | Social | Students may not have previously taken AS.180.117.; AS.180.102 or instructor permission |
| AS.196.302 | Science and Democracy | Levine | TTh 9:00-10:15 | 15 | Social | |
| AS.200.141 | Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition | Ross | TTh 9-10:15 | 200 | CORE | |
| AS.200.208 | Animal Behavior | Bohn | TTh 12-1:15 | 50 | CORE | FBBC, Human Origins Recommended |
| AS.200.222 | Positive Psychology | Halberda | TTh 3:00-4:15 | 100 | Social | |
| AS.200.238 | Primate Minds | Krupenye | MW 3-4:15 | 40 | Biobehavioral | AS.200.141 OR AS.200.101 OR AS.200.110 OR AS.200.132 OR AS.200.133 OR AS.050.102 OR AS.050.105 OR AS.150.245 OR Instructor Approval |
| AS.200.322 | Clinical Neuropsychology | Rickards | T 5:00-7:30 | 20 | Biobehavioral | Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition |
| AS.200.324 | How to build a mind: Lessons from babies, animals, and AI (writing intensive) | Cao | WF 3-4:15 | 18 | Biobehavioral | FBBC OR Neuro Cellular/Systems I |
| AS.200.376 | Neuropyschopharmacology | Sterbing-D'Angelo | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 50 | Biobehavioral | FBBC OR Neuro Cellular/Systems 2 OR (Cell Bio AND Intro to Human Brain) |
| AS.200.385 | Mind, Brain & Experience (writing intensive) | Bedney | T 1:30-4 | 19 | Biobehavioral | FBBC OR Intro to Cog Neuro OR Intro to Neuro OR Neuro Cog OR Neuro Cellular/Sys II |
| AS.250.351 | Reproductive Physiology | Zirkin | W 3:00-4:45 | 100 | Biobehavioral | Juniors and Seniors |
| AS.280.335 | The Environment of Your Health | Bressler, Latshaw | TTh 3:00-4:15 | 120 | Social | PHS, GECS, ENVS and MolCell majors have 1st priority for enrollment |
| AS.290.303 | Animal Communication Lab (writing intensive) | Bohn | TTh 3-4:15 | 19 | Biobehavioral | Animal Behavior and FBBC |
| AS.290.304 | Comparative Neuroanatomy | Balanoff | MW 3-4:15 | 35 | Biobehavioral | FBBC or Neuro Cellular/Systems 2 |
| AS.290.420 | Human Sexual Orientation | Kraft | T 3-5:30 | 30 | Social | |
| AS.290.490 | Senior Seminar: Behavioral Biology | Porth-Bohn/Balanoff | W 10-10:50 | 15 | SEMINAR |