SAMPLE LIFE SCIENCES PATHS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Cognitive and Social Neuroscience is a specialized track within the Psychology concentration and part of the Life Sciences cluster of concentration options.  As such, it is one of the major paths toward bridging the social and life sciences at Harvard. The track reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of learning and research in psychology, emphasizing integration across the sub-disciplines within psychology (social psychology, cognitive psychology, development, psychopathology) as well as connections between psychology and the other life sciences. Students in this track have the opportunity to study the interplay between traditional interests in psychology such as vision, memory, language, emotion, intergroup relations, and psychological disorders, and recent developments in neuroscience and evolutionary science.

To support this learning, the track will provide a strong foundation of basic knowledge in psychology and the life sciences, as well as analytical, quantitative, and laboratory research skills scientists in these areas employ.  Students will also take more advanced courses in social and cognitive neuroscience and conduct research in a faculty laboratory. A thesis option is available for students with strong interests in the research component of the program.

YEAR	REGULAR LIFE SCIENCES PATH  twelve half-courses (2 electives )	THESIS OPTION LIFE SCIENCES PATH fourteen half-courses (2 electives)
First-year	Psy 1, Introduction to Psychology (introduction)   *Life Sciences 1a, An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences:  Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology (LS) or LPS A, Foundational Chemistry and Biology *Life Sciences 1b, An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences:Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution (LS)	Psy 1, Introduction to Psychology (introduction) *Life Sciences 1a, An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences:  Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology (LS) or LPS A, Foundational Chemistry and Biology *Life Sciences 1b, An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences:Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution (LS)
Sophomore	Psy 975, Sophomore Tutorial, half course  Psy 1900, Intro to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (M)  *** Psy 13, Cognitive Psychology (Tier 2)  *MCB 52, Molecular Biology (LS)  **Psy 1352, Foundations of Cognitive Neuro- science Research (L)	Psychology 975, Sophomore Tutorial, half course  Psychology 1900, Intro to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (M)   ***Psy 18, Abnormal Psychology (Tier 2)  **Psy 2851r Affective Neuroscience: Research Seminar (L) *MCB 54, Cell Biology (LS)
Junior	Psychology 1901, Methods of Behavioral Research (M) *** MCB 80, Neurobiology of Behavior (Tier 2)	Psy 1901, Methods of Behavioral Research (M)  Psy 985, Preparation for the Honors Thesis (E)  ***MCB 80, Neurobiology of Behavior (Tier 2)
Senior	Psy 995, Senior Seminar: General Psychology  (E)  MBB 93,The Biology of Conscious States(E)	Psy 993 Senior Tutorial, full course   Psy 1808 Anxiety Disorders (E)
KEY	M = Advanced/Basic Methods E= Elective L = Laboratory Methods LS = Life Sciences course	M = Advanced/Basic Methods E= Elective L = Laboratory Methods LS = Life Sciences course
	*Life Sciences concentrators must take 3 life sciences (LS) courses, including one of LPS A, LS 1a or 1b ** required lab course from the approved list *** two Tier 2 courses required, one must be MCB 80	*Life Sciences concentrators must take 3 life sciences (LS) courses, including one of LPS A, LS 1a or 1b ** required lab course from the approved list *** two Tier 2 courses required, one must be MCB 80

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