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Certificate

The Neuroscience Certificate, offered by the Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN), provides students with the opportunity to acquire enhanced training in research in various aspects of the nervous system of humans and other animals. Students in this Certificate Program will gain a broader understanding of how the nervous system functions during health and disease through enriched experiences in areas of molecular, structural, physiological, cognitive, behavioral, computational, or bioengineering neuroscience. The Neuroscience Certificate requires completion of 16 hours of course work in designated courses. Students must complete, prior to graduation, a combination of coursework and inquiry-based research (or an internship), which will be completed under the supervision of a TAMIN faculty member.


Normally, students should apply to the Neuroscience Certificate program approximately two years before they plan to graduate. To apply, students must:

(1) Identify a faculty advisor who is willing to supervise Directed Studies/Undergraduate Research (NRSC 485/491). Working with the faculty advisor, the student must develop a brief (one paragraph) description of the proposed line of research.

(2) Complete the Application for Undergraduate NRSC Certificate and have the faculty advisor sign it.

(3) Submit the completed Application for the Undergraduate Neuroscience Certificate Form to the TAMIN Advising Office in ILSB 3148.

(4) Once a student completes the Undergraduate Neuroscience Certificate program requirements, the Completion Form for Undergraduate NRSC Certificate must be submitted to the TAMIN Advising Office in ILSB 3148. *This form is due no later than the first month of the semester in which the student intends to graduate.

All face to face TAMIN Advising has been cancelled. All undergraduate inquiries, including but not limited to: declaring a minor, adjustments, course registration, should be sent to undergrad@tamin.tamu.edu. If you need to speak with an advisor, please email undergrad@tamin.tamu.edu and a Zoom appointment will be arranged.


Students must maintain the required GPA for their major. Students must present their research at two different events. Example: at one TAMU Student Research Week and a poster at the Annual TAMIN Neuroscience Symposium held in the spring semester. Students are expected to file a degree plan for their major within the administering department at the start of their junior year. Students wishing to obtain an Honors Neuroscience Certificate must maintain a GPA of 3.5. Please visit the Honors Office in Henderson Hall to request honors credit and to complete any paperwork required by that office.


Research (4-6 credits):

NRSC 485/491 4 CREDITS Directed Studies/Undergraduate Research

No more than 6 credits can be used towards the Neuroscience Certificate. This limit does not preclude students from taking additional hours. Those hours will not, however, count towards the 16 credit hours needed to complete the Neuroscience Certificate.

Core Course (3 credits; select one of the following):

NRSC 277 3 CREDITS Introduction to Neuroscience
NRSC 340 3 CREDITS Psychology of Learning
NRSC 434 3 CREDITS Regulatory & Behavioral Neuroscience

Students are required to take one of the above courses. If a student takes more than one, that course can count towards their “Electives”.

Seminar (1 credit):

NRSC 681 1 CREDIT Neuroscience Seminar

No more than 1 credit can be used towards the Neuroscience Certificate. This limit does not preclude students from taking additional hours. Those hours will not, however, count towards the 16 credit hours needed to complete the Neuroscience Certificate.

Electives (7-9 credits):

NRSC 277 3 CREDITS Introduction to Neuroscience
NRSC 311 3 CREDITS Comparative Psychology
NRSC 320 3 CREDITS Sensation & Perception
NRSC 332 3 CREDITS Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
NRSC 333 3 CREDITS Biology of Psychological Disorders
NRSC 335 3 CREDITS Physiological Psychology
NRSC 340 3 CREDITS Psychology of Learning
NRSC 360 3 CREDITS Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
NRSC 434 3 CREDITS Regulatory & Behavioral Neuroscience
NRSC 435 1 CREDIT Laboratory for Regulatory & Behavioral Neuroscience
NRSC 450 4 CREDITS Mammalian Functional Neuroanatomy

Other Approved Electives:

BICH 410 3 CREDITS Comprehensive Biochemistry I
BICH 411 3 CREDITS Comprehensive Biochemistry II
BICH 431 3 CREDITS Molecular Genetics
BIOL 319 4 CREDITS Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL 320 4 CREDITS Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIOL 413 3 CREDITS Cell Biology
BIOL 423 1 CREDIT Cell Biology Laboratory
BIOL 388 4 CREDITS Principles of Animal Physiology
GENE 302 4 CREDITS Principles of Genetics
GENE 405 3 CREDITS Mammalian Genetics
GENE 431 3 CREDITS Molecular Genetics
NUTR 369 4 CREDITS Experimental Nutrition & Food Science Laboratory
PHIL 320 3 CREDITS Philosophy of Mind
VIBS 401 2 CREDITS Developmental Neurotoxicology

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