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)

Fall 2026

Course Number	Concentration	Course Name	Instructor	Day/Time	Writing	PreReqs Brief
AS.004.321	Social	Writing Methods: Science in Situ - Effective and Meaningful Science Communication	Brodsky, Anne-Elizabeth Murdy; Pavesich, Matthew; Thyagarajan, Sunita; Wilbanks, Rebecca	Th 1:30-4	W
AS.020.374	Biobehavioral	Comparative Physiology	Coppola	TTh 12:00-1:15		AS.020.305 Biochemistry, *can only be counted as an upper level OR with a lab for the biology requirement
AS.050.236	Biobehavioral	Neurolinguistics	Yarmolinskaya	TTh 1:30-2:45	W
AS.080.301	Biobehavioral	Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models	Smith	MWF 12-12:50;		AS.200.141 FBBC
AS.080.308	Biobehavioral	Neuroecomics	Trageser	TTh 12:00PM- 1:15PM		AS.200.141 FBBC
AS.080.309	Social	Neuroesthetics: How the Arts and Aesthetic Experiences Advance Health, Wellbeing and Learning	Stuart, Magsamen, Lynn, Keely	Th 4:30 - 7		AS.200.141 FBBC
AS.080.349	Biobehavioral	Neural Oscillations, Cognition and Disease	Ross	TTh 12-1:15	W	AS.200.141 FBBC
AS.080.376	Biobehavioral	Neuropsychopharmacology	Baraban	TTh 3-4:15		AS.200.141 FBBC
AS.180.389	Social	Social Policy Implications of Behavioral Economics	Papageorge	TTh 9-10:15		AS.180.301 and AS.180.334
AS.196.302	Social	Science & Democracy	Levine	TTh 9-10:15
AS.197.330	Social	Social Networks	Yavas	M 3 - 5:30	W
AS.200.141	CORE	Foundations of Brain Behavior and Cognition	Ross	TTh 9 - 10:15 AM
AS.200.222	Social	Positive Psychology	Halberda	TTh 3:00-4:15
AS.200.322	Biobehavioral	Clinical Neuropsychology	Rickards	T 5-7:30		Juniors and Seniors
AS.200.334	Biobehavioral	Human Memory Psychology	Chen	Th 2:30-5
AS.270.202	Biobehavioral	Introduction to Ecology	Avolio	TTh 10:30-11:45		Intro to Global Environmental Change or General Biology I
AS.270.317	Biobehavioral	Conservation Biology	Burgess	MW 12 - 1:15
AS.270.406	Biobehavioral	Deciphering the History of Life	Wiemann, Jasmina	M 3:00PM- 4:15PM - Lecture - Homewood Campus Olin 247 W 12:00PM- 1:15PM - Lab - Homewood Campus Olin 204		3 upper level courses
AS.290.101	CORE	Human Origins	Gallup	TTH 12 - 1:15 + Friday Section
AS.290.303	Biobehavioral/CORE	Animal Behavior and Communication Lab	Bohn	W 2:30 - 5:30	W	Juniors and Seniors, Animal Behavior or Permission
AS.290.307	Biobehavioral	Evolution and Human Behavior	Gallup	TTh 1:30-2:45	W	AS.290.101 or AS.200.208
AS.290.330	Social	Human Sexuality	Kraft	F 10:00-12:30		Juniors and Seniors
AS.290.490	Seminar	Senior Seminar: Behavioral Biology	Staff	W 10-10:50		Seniors