Dec 07, 2024  
USC Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
USC Catalogue 2024-2025

Neuroscience (BA)


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Coordinator: David McKemy, PhD
Undergraduate Advisers: Pablo Lopez, pablol@usc.edu; Mia Kirsten Santos, mnsantos@usc.edu.

Grade Requirements:

A grade of C- or higher is required to count toward major requirements.

Program Requirements:

The major requires eight core courses and a colloquium (33 units) and four or five elective courses (minimum 16 units) for a minimum total of 49 units.

The degree requires a minimum of 128 units.

Electives (16 units)


Four or five upper-division elective courses (minimum 16 units) from the  list below are required. At least one course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be NEUR 490x . No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x  may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement.

Elective Courses


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