NSCI at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NSCI coursework.

• PSYC 220Biopsychologyopens 10 courses (10 directly)
• PSYC 210Statistical Principles of Psychological Researchopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• COMP 110Introduction to Programmingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• NSCI 395Independent Researchopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• COMP 116Introduction to Scientific Programmingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• NSCI 221Neuropsychopharmacologyopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NSCI work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 48 NSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more NSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on NSCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at NSCI 405

  1. PSYC 101General Psychology
  2. PSYC 220Biopsychology
  3. NSCI 221Neuropsychopharmacology
  4. NSCI 405Advanced Molecular Neuropharmacology

• 4 courses deep, ending at NSCI 694H

  1. NSCI 175Introduction to Neuroscience
  2. NSCI 395Independent Research
  3. NSCI 693HHonors in Neuroscience I.

• 3 courses deep, ending at NSCI 270

  1. STOR 120Foundations of Statistics and Data Science
  2. COMP 110Introduction to Programming
  3. NSCI 270Human Neuroscience through Imaging and Data Science

• 3 courses deep, ending at NSCI 271

  1. NSCI 175Introduction to Neuroscience
  2. PSYC 210Statistical Principles of Psychological Research
  3. NSCI 271Cellular Mechanisms in Addiction Lab

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NSCI yet.

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Department events

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