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

Spring 2024

Course Number	Concentration	Course Name	Faculty	Day/Time	Limit	PreReqs
AS.020.303	Biobehavioral	Genetics (writing intensive)	Fisher/Gordus	TTh 12:00-1:15	460	*can only be counted as an upper level OR with a lab for the biology requirement
AS.020.374	Biobehavioral	Comparative Physiology	Coppola	TTh 12:00-1:15	100	Biochemistry (AS.020.305)
AS.050.239	Social	Cognitive Development	Yarmolinskaya	TTh 10:30-11:45	19
AS.050.325	Social	Phonology I	Wilson	MW 1:30-2:45	40
AS.080.250	CORE	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	80 (4 sections of 20)	AS.080.306 OR AS.200.141
AS.080.304	Biobehavioral	Neuroscience Learning and Memory	Bakker	TTh 4:30-5:45	45	AS.200.141 OR AS.080.306 OR (AS.020.312 AND AS.020.306) or instructor permission.
AS.080.328	Biobehavioral	Behavioral Neuroscience Lab	Smith	MW 10:30-11:45; TTh 10:30-11:45	24 (2 sections of 12)	AS.200.141 OR AS.200.302 OR AS.080.301 OR AS.080.306 or permission by instructor.
AS.080.339	Biobehavioral	Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging (writing intensive)	Ross	TTh 12-1:15	20	AS.200.141 OR AS.080.306
AS.180.389	Social	Social Policy Implications of Behavioral Economics	Papageorge	TTh 9-10:15	25	AS.180.301 Microeconomic Theory AS.180.334 Econometrics can be taken concurrently.
AS.200.141	CORE	Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition	Smith	TTh 9-10:15	200
AS.200.250	Biobehavioral	Behavioral Neuroscience	Janak	TTh 10:30-11:45	50
AS.200.311	Biobehavioral	Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding	Fischer	TTh 4:30-5:45	19	AS.200.211 OR AS.080.203 OR AS.050.203 OR AS.200.141 OR AS.020.312
AS.200.330	Biobehavioral	Human and Machine Intelligence	Lee	T 1:30-4	19
AS.200.334	Biobehavioral	Human Memory Psychology	Chen	F 1:30 - 4	19
AS.200.337	Social	Origins of the Social Mind	Krupenye	TTH 10:30-11:45	15	AS.200.110 OR AS.200.132 OR AS.200.133 OR AS.200.141 OR AS.050.102 OR AS.050.105
AS.200.344	Biobehavioral	Behavioral Endocrinology	Bohn	TTh 3-4:15	80	FBBC or Neuro Cellular/Systems 2 or GenBio1 & 2; (AS.200.141 OR AS.080.306) OR (AS.020.152) or instructor's permission
AS.200.377	Biobehavioral	Neuroethology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45	18	AS.200.141 OR AS.080.305
AS.270.202	Biobehavioral	Introduction to Ecology	Szlavecz	TTh 10:30-11:45	45	AS.270.103 OR AS.020.151
AS.270.310	Biobehavioral	Evolution and Development of the Vertebrates	Bever	3-4:15	20
AS.270.317	Biobehavioral	Conservation Biology	Burgess	T 3-5:30	20
AS.280.335	Social	The Environment and Your Health	Bressler, Latshaw	TTh 3-4:15	120
AS.290.101	CORE	Human Origins	Staff	TTh 3-4:15	120
AS.290.330	Social	Human Sexuality	Kraft	T 3-5:30	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: Behavioral Biology	Bohn	W 10:00-10:50	15	AS.200.141 AND AS.200.208 AND AS.290.101 or instructor permission.
AS.290.500	OTHER	Connections in Behavioral Biology	Moss	TBD	15	You must request Independent Academic Work using the Independent Academic Work form found in Student Self-Service: Registration, Online Forms.