Oct 06, 2024  
USC Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
USC Catalogue 2024-2025

Neuroscience (BS)


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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 14 core courses (minimum 53 units) and five or six elective courses (minimum 20 units) for a minimum total of 73 units.

The degree requires a minimum of 128 units.

Core Requirements (53 units)


Electives (20 units)


Five or six upper-division elective courses (minimum of 20 units) from the following list are required. At least one course in the upper-division electives must carry a lab (“L”) designation or be 490. No more than 4 units of NEUR 490x  may be used to fulfill the upper-division elective requirement.

Elective Courses


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