Biopsychology, Concentration

Explore the life of the mind.

As an interdisciplinary subject, biopsychology elucidates the connections between the organization of the nervous system and behavior that enable us to see how individuals engage the world. The concentration addresses the fields of psychology and biology as complementary disciplines that are both enhanced when combined.

Concentration Requirements

Concentration Director: Associate Professor, Dr. Deanna Soper (e-mail address: dsoper@udallas.edu)

The inclusion of courses from both biology and psychology provides students with a basis for understanding the relationship between them at an advanced level. This concentration will appeal to science and humanities students with a pre-health or ecology emphasis, psychology students wanting additional biological studies, and biology students interested in the brain/mind behavioral interface.

Required courses:

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Two courses (total 6 credits) from: