Program: Physics, Computational Neuroscience Concentration, B.A. - College of Charleston

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 42+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the for more information.

Required Courses

Notes:

Honors students can take the alternative sequence of / in lieu of /.
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of / in lieu of /.

Complete one of the following options:

Option 1 (3 credit hours)

PHYS 420 Senior Research (3)

Option 2 (6 credit hours)

Notes:

Credit may not be applied for both the Senior Seminar and the Bachelor’s Essay.

Complete 11 additional credit hours from Physics (PHYS) and Astronomy (ASTR) coursework:

No more than 3 credit hours from (, , and ) and no more than 3 credit hours from (, , ).

Mathematics Requirement

Notes:

Honors students can take the alternative course of in lieu of .
Honors students can take the alternative course of in lieu of .

Computational Neuroscience Concentration (18+ credit hours)

Required Courses:

Complete a minimum of 7 credit hours from the following electives:

Each elective must be from a different group.

Group I

Group II

CSCI 221 Computer Programming II (3)

Group III

Note:

*Must be computational neuroscience related and conducted under the mentorship of a neuroscience faculty member from CofC or co-mentorship with MUSC faculty. Prior written approval must be obtained from the coordinator of the Computational Neuroscience concentration.

**Credit may not be applied for both the Senior Seminar and the Bachelor’s Essay.

Notes:

With department approval, completion with grades of at least “B” in / and /, together with and may be substituted for / and /.
Suggested programs of study leading to graduate school in physics, astronomy, astrophysics, meteorology and engineering are available from the department.
No more than 3 credit hours from , , and may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 10 credit hours from may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours from , , and may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 4 credit hours from may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 6 credit hours from may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 12 credit hours from may be applied towards the program requirements.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

The following courses are excluded: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,