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Major Requirements

Students complete a required set of NEUR courses as well as a supporting sequence of coursework in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology. Students then choose an advanced program track of upper-level coursework in cellular, molecular, and physiological neuroscience or behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

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Becoming a Neuroscience Major

Neuroscience is a Limited Enrollment Program. Learn everything you need to know about adding Neuroscience as a major, whether you are applying to the University of Maryland as a freshman, transferring from another major on campus, or transferring from another school.