Choosing Undergraduate Electives

This page is intended to be a starting point to explain how other areas of study can be incorporated into your program and give you a sense of what courses can be used as electives. It is not an exhaustive list of courses that can be taken as electives. When choosing electives, in addition to adhering to course prerequisites and departmental registration restrictions, consider staying in alignment with personal interests and post-undergraduate goals.

Some courses listed below count in more than one category and are therefore listed multiple times. If you have questions about electives pertaining to your program audit, please contact the Undergraduate Administrator for clarification.

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Advanced Science Faculty Elective

• Must be a 2000-level or above course offered by a Department in the Faculty of Science or one of the Science GEOG or PSYC courses listed in the Undergraduate Calendar.
• NEUR courses are permitted.
• Some courses are exempt. Refer to Regulations section of Undergraduate Calendar.
• Refer to full regulations outlined in the Undergraduate Calendar of the year you were admitted into your current degree program. (i.e. You may have to go to the Calendar Archives menu item -> find year of admission -> go to program page and choose Neuroscience -> go to Regulations tab.)

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Suggestions for Adv Sci Fac Electives

Remember, this is not an exhaustive list and you must adhere to course prerequisites and restrictions.

• NEUR 2004 Fundamentals of Scientific Writing in Neuroscience (for those who do not have it as a program requirement)
• NEUR 2801 Neuroscience and Creativity
• Any of the optional 3000-level and 4000-level NEUR courses above and beyond the program requirements
• NEUR 4001 Special Topics in Neuroscience (topics vary semester to semester)
• NEUR 4002 Reviews & Meta-analyses
• NEUR 4900 Independent Study

• PSYC 2700 Cognitive Psychology
• PSYC 2307 Human Neuropsychology I
• PSYC 3307 Human Neuropsychology II
• PSYC 3506 Cognitive Development
• PSYC 3702 Perception
• CHEM 2203 Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2204 Organic Chemistry II
• BIOL courses, including Anatomy and Physiology. Click here for details.
• BIOL 2903
• ENSC 2001
• PHYS 2401, PHYS 2203
• ERTH 2012, ERTH 2401, ERTH 2402 and some other ERTH courses, but be sure to check Regulations in UG Calendar for exemptions
• ISAP, FOOD, HLTH, ENSC, etc. as long as meet prerequisites and program restrictions
• Science GEOG courses as long as meet prerequisites and program restrictions

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Science Continuation Courses

• Exact same criteria as Advanced Science Faculty Electives but they cannot be NEUR courses.

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Courses Outside the Faculty of Science & Engineering

• Must be a course offered by offered by a Department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Public Affairs, and the Sprott School of Business, except for the science GEOG and PSYC courses indicated in the Undergraduate Calendar.
• Allowed to be 1000-level if there is room in audit. (All students must follow University-wide rule of maximum 7.0 credits of 1000-level courses allowed in a program, including core requirements.)
• Counts toward Overall CGPA only.
• Some courses are exempt. Refer to Regulations section of Undergraduate Calendar.
• Refer to full regulations outlined in the Undergraduate Calendar of the year you were admitted into your current degree program. (i.e. You may have to go to the Calendar Archives menu item -> find year of admission -> go to program page and choose Neuroscience -> go to Regulations tab.)

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Suggestions for Courses Outside Science

Remember, this is not an exhaustive list and you must adhere to course prerequisites and restrictions.

• ANTH 2070 Psychological Anthropology
• ANTH 2550 Religion and Society
• CGSC 1001 Mysteries of the Mind
• CGSC 2001 Theories in Cognitive Science
• CGSC 3501 Cognitive Neuroscience
• MUSI 4306 Music and Wellbeing in a Global Context
• PHIL 2408 Bioethics
• PHIL 2501 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
• PHIL 2301 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 3501 Philosophy of Cognitive Science
• PHIL 3502 Mind and Action
• PSYC 1001 Introduction to Psychology I
• PSYC 1002 Introduction to Psychology II
• Additional PSYC courses (not listed as science-based courses)
• RELI 2410 Buddhism
• RELI 2713 Mystical and Contemplative Traditions
• RELI 2800 Indigenous Traditions
• RELI 2732 Death & Afterlife
• NSCI 1000 Seminar in Science (allowed even though it’s a science course)
• A course offered by offered by a Department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Public Affairs, and the Sprott School of Business, except for the science GEOG and PSYC courses indicated in the Undergraduate Calendar.

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Free Electives

• Allowed to be 1000-level if there is room in audit. (All students must follow University-wide rule of maximum 7.0 credits of 1000-level courses allowed in a program, including core requirements.)
• Counts toward Overall CGPA only.
• Can be NEUR courses.
• Some courses are exempt. Refer to Regulations section of Undergraduate Calendar.
• Refer to full regulations outlined in the Undergraduate Calendar of the year you were admitted into your current degree program. (i.e. You may have to go to the Calendar Archives menu item -> find year of admission -> go to program page and choose Neuroscience -> go to Regulations tab.)

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Suggestions for Free Electives

Remember, this is not an exhaustive list and you must adhere to course prerequisites and restrictions.

• Any of the courses listed in sections above
• Additional NEUR courses above and beyond what is needed for program
• Courses being taken for a minor
• Almost anything, so take a look to see what’s on offer!