Undergraduate students at New York University are required to take a minimum of two science courses: one in biological/life sciences and one in physical sciences. These courses satisfy the NYU Liberal Arts Core Curriculum requirements, and as a result, have a CORE prefix in the course title rather than a BIO, CHEM, or PHYS prefix. Despite the CORE prefix, these courses satisfy science and statistics prerequisites for CSD study at the graduate level.
The guide below explains how courses with the CORE prefix equate to various NYU requirements. Please note: courses with a BIO, CHEM, or PHYS prefix are not listed below, but also count toward NYU's undergraduate science requirement.
Courses Satisfying NYU's Biological Sciences Requirement
Course |
NYU Department |
CORE-UA 303 Life Science: Human Genetics |
Biology |
CORE-UA 305 Life Science: Human Origins |
Anthropology |
CORE-UA 306 Life Science: Brain and Behavior |
Neural Science |
CORE-UA 310 Life Science: Molecules of Life |
Science Core |
CORE-UA 313 Life Science: The Brain: A User’s Guide |
Biology |
CORE-UA 314 Life Science: Genomes and Diversity |
Biology |
CORE-UA 315 Life Science: Human Reproduction |
NYU Langone Health |
ANTH-UA 2 Human Evolution |
Anthropology |
NUTR-UE 1068 Introduction to Human Physiology |
Nutrition and Food Studies |
Courses Satisfying NYU's Physical Sciences Requirement
Course |
NYU Department |
CORE-UA 203 Physical Science: Energy & The Environment |
Chemistry |
CORE-UA 204 Physical Science: Einstein’s Universe |
Physics |
CORE-UA 209 Physical Science: Quarks to Cosmos |
Physics |
CORE-UA 210 Physical Science: Molecules of Life |
Science Core |
CORE-UA 214 Physical Science: How Things Work |
Physics |
Courses Satisfying NYU's Statistics Requirement
While not in the Mathematics Department, these three courses cover standard undergraduate statistics material.
Course |
NYU Department |
PSYCH-UA 10 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences |
Psychology |
UGPH-GU 20 Biostatistics for Public Health |
Biostatistics |
APSTA-UE 10 Statistical Mysteries and How to Solve Them |
Applied Statistics |
If you have any additional questions about our degree, please feel free to contact Susannah Levi at svlevi@nyu.edu or your advisor at csd-ug@nyu.edu.