Declared Neuroscience majors can choose from these upper-level courses, considering their focus area, to complete their degree. Lower-level neuroscience courses may not be required for the major, and are not listed on this page. 

Please check the BS requirements page to get a full list of required or optional courses, or consult the online course catalogue for complete course information. Additional course registration information can be found on the Student Information System website.  

Neuroscience Core Courses (Required of All Majors)

Core courses generally run the same times every semester, so they are not included in the table below.

• 050.203 Neuroscience: Cognitive (formerly 080.203, Cognitive Neuroscience), Rapp, Spring
• 080.305 Neuroscience: Cellular and Systems I (formerly Nervous System I), Zhao/Fetsch/Kuchibhotla, Fall
• 080.306 Neuroscience: Cellular and Systems II (formerly Nervous System II) Zhao/Fetsch/Kuchibhotla, Spring
• 080.250 Neuroscience Lab, Trageser/Sterbing-D’Angelo, Fall and Spring

Please note that the list of upper levels and their POS tag may change each semester.

Focus Areas: Systems (ST), Cellular and Molecular (CM), Cognitive (C), Computational (CP)

Fall 2021

Course Number	Course Name	Instructor	Day/Time	Limit	Focus Area
AS.050.352	Applying Cognitive Neuroscience to Artificial Intelligence	Lopez-Gonzalez	MW 1:30-2:45	19	CG/CP
AS.050.375	Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex	Yullie	TTh 9:00-10:15	19	CG/ST/CP
AS.050.383	Computational Social Cognition	Isik	TBA	20	CG/CP
AS.080.301	Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Smith	MWF 12:00-12:50	35	ST/CG
AS.080.308	Neuroeconomics	Trageser	WF 12:00-1:15 (online)	70	ST/CP
AS.080.310	Synaptic Function and Plasticity	Lee/Kirkwood	WF 3:00-4:15	19	CM
AS.080.316	Prefrontal Cortex: Computational Models and Neurophysiology	Stuphorn	TTh 12:00-1:15	19	CP/ST
AS.080.336	Brain-Body Interactions in Health and Disease	Farah	MW 1:30-2:45	30	ST
AS.080.355	Computational Principles of Biological Vision	Connor/Nielsen	TTh 10:30-11:45	30	CP/ST
AS.080.360	Disease & Disorders of the Nervous System	Baraban/Smith	TTh 4:30-5:45 (online)	100	CM/ST
AS.080.370	The Cerebellum: Is it just for motor control?	Desmond	TTh 10:30-11:45	19	CG/ST
AS.080.620	Theoretical Neuroscience **Open to advanced undergraduate students with instructor’s permission	Niebur	T 4:00-5:00	20	CP
AS.200.311	Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding	Fischer	TTh 4:30-5:45	19	CG/ST
AS.200.322	Clinical Neuropsychology	Rickards	T 5:00-7:30	20	ST
AS.200.334	Human Memory Psychology	Chen	Th 1:30-4	19	ST
AS.200.376	Neuropsychopharmacology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	55	CM/ST
AS.200.380	Neurobiology of Human Cognition	Bedny	T 1:30-3:50	30	CG
AS.250.205.01-.06	Introduction to Computing	Damjanovic or Fitchman	MWF 10:00-10:50 MWF 11:00-11:50 MWF 3-3:50 TTh 9:00-10:15 TTh 12:00-1:15 TTh 3:00-4:15	36 (6 sections)	CP
AS.290.304	Comparative Neuroanatomy	Balanoff	MW 3-4:15	35	ST
AS.376.371	Introduction to Music Cognition	Lopez-Gonzalez	T 9-11:30 M 5-7:30	15 (2 sections)	CG/ST
EN.580.625	Structure and Function of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems	Fuchs/Cullen	TTh 8:30-10am	30	ST

Spring 2021

Course #	Concentration	Course name	Professor	Meeting Times	Limits
AS.020.303	CM	Genetics	Fisher/Gordus	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	315
AS.050.315	CG	Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception	McCloskey	TTh 12:00-1:15 (online)	75
AS.050.326	CG/CP	Foundations of Cognitive Science (writing intensive)	Smolensky	MW 3-4:15	15
AS.050.333	CG/ST	Psycholinguistics	Lutken	MW 1:30-2:45	15
AS.080.303	ST/CM	Structure of the Nervous System	Hendry	MW 4:30-5:45 (online)	50
AS.080.304	CM/ST/CG	Neuroscience of Learning and Memory	Bakker	TTh 4:30-5:45 (online)	45
AS.080.314	CG/ST	How to Live a SPECtacular Life (writing intensive)	Gorman	WF 12-1:15 (In person, Live to Classroom)	19
AS.080.321	CP	Computational Neuroscience	Trageser	TTh 12:00-1:15 (online)	60
AS.080.326	ST/CM	Neurobiology and Diseases of the Peripheral Nervous System	Farah	TTh 10:30-11:45	30
AS.080.328	CG/ST	Behavioral Neuroscience Lab	Smith	MW 10:30-11:45; TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	24 (2 sections of 12)
AS.080.334	ST/CM	Unraveling Circuits in Systems Neuroscience- Emerging Techniques	Adwanikar	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	19
AS.080.345	ST/CM	Great Discoveries in Neuroscience	Baraban	TTh 3-4:15 (online)	60
AS.200.304	CG/ST	Neuroscience of Decision Making	Stuphorn	TTh 12-1:15	19
AS.200.329	CG/CP	Real World Human Data: Analysis and Visualization	Chen	Th 1:30-4	19
AS.200.344	ST/CM	Behavioral Endocrinology	Bohn	TTh 1:30-2:45 (online)	70
AS.200.370	CG/ST	Functional Human Neuroanatomy	Courtney-Faruqee	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	50
AS.200.377	ST	Neuroethology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	15
AS.200.385	CG/ST	Mind, Brain and Experience (writing intensive)	Bedny	T 1:30-3:50	19
AS.200.659	CP	Quantitative Methods for Brain Sciences (open to seniors with instructor approval; Phd or MD/PhD route)	Mysore	MF 12-1:15 (online)	30
AS.250.205	CP	Introduction to Computing	Damjanovic/Procopio	MWF 10:00-10:50; MWF 11:00-11:50; MWF 3-3:50; TTh 9:00-10:15; TTh 12-1:15; TTh 3-4:15	234 (6 sections of 39)
AS.250.302	CP	Modeling the Living Cell	Johnson	TTh 1:30-2:45; M 5:00-6:00 (lab)	25
AS.376.372	CG/ST	Topics in Music Cognition	Lopez-Gonzalez	T 9-11:20 T 5-7:20 (online)	30 (2 sections of 15)
EN.553.492	CP	Mathematical Biology	Athreya	MW 3-4:15 (online)	10
EN.580.439	CP	Models of the Neuron	Zhang	MWF 10:00-10:50; T 9-9:50	10
EN.580.462	CG/CP	Representations of Choice	Chib	MW 4:30-5:45	20
ME.440.727	ST/CM	Brain Disease: Neurodevelopmental Diseases (permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS)	Ross/Weinberger	4th quarter 3/29-5/21; M 2-4pm

Fall 2020

Course Number	Course Name	Instructor	Day/Time	Limit	Focus Area
AS.050.311	Written Language: Normal Processing and Disorders (writing intensive)	Rapp	F 4:30-7:00 (online)	30	CG/ST
AS.050.332	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	Landau	MW 1:30-2:45 (online)	15	CG
AS.050.365	Cracking the code: Theory and modeling of information coding in neural activity	Bonner	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	19	CG/CP/ST
AS.050.375	Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex	Yullie	TTh 9:00-10:15 (online)	20	CG/ST/CP
AS.080.301	Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Smith	MWF 12:00-12:50 (online)	35	ST/CG
AS.080.308	Neuroeconomics	Trageser	WF 12:00-1:15 (online)	70	ST/CP
AS.080.310	Synaptic Function and Plasticity	Lee/Kirkwood	WF 3:00-4:15 (online)	19	CM
AS.080.316	Prefrontal Cortex: Computational Models and Neurophysiology	Stuphorn	TTh 12:00-1:15 (online)	19	CP/ST
AS.080.333	Neuroimmunology: Writing About the Nervous System (writing intensive)	Hendry	MW 4:30-5:45 (online)	15	ST/CM
AS.080.336	Brain-Body Interactions in Health and Disease	Farah	MW 1:30-2:45 (online)	30	ST
AS.080.355	Computational Principles of Biological Vision	Connor/Nielsen	Online	30	CP/ST
AS.080.360	Disease & Disorders of the Nervous System	Baraban/Smith	TTh 4:30-5:45 (online)	100	CM/ST
AS.080.366	Neuroscience of Pain (writing intensive)	Adwanikar	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	19	CM/ST
AS.080.370	The Cerebellum: Is it just for motor control?	Desmond	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	19	CG/ST
AS.080.620	Theoretical Neuroscience **Open to advanced undergraduate students with instructor’s permission	Niebur	T 4:00-5:00 (online)	20	CP
AS.200.311	Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding	Fischer	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	19	CG/ST
AS.200.313	Models of Mind and Brain	Honey	MW 3-4:15 (online)	15	CG/CP
AS.200.322	Clinical Neuropsychology	Rickards	T 5:00-7:30 (online)	20	ST
AS.200.334	Human Memory Psychology	Chen	Th 1:30-4 (online)	19	ST
AS.200.335	How Does the Brain Predict the Future	Himberger	TTh 10:30-11:45 (online)	18	CG
AS.200.376	Neuropsychopharmacology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 12-1:15 (online)	61	CM/ST
AS.200.380	Neurobiology of Human Cognition	Bedny	T 1:30-3:50 (online)	19	CG
AS.250.205.01-.06	Introduction to Computing	Damjanovic or Fitchman	MWF 10:00-10:50 MWF 11:00-11:50 MWF 12-12:50 MWF 3-3:50 TTh 9:00-10:15 TTh 12:00-1:15 TTh 3:00-4:15 (online)	36 (7 sections)	CP
AS.290.304	Comparative Neuroanatomy	Balanoff	MW 3-4:15 (online)	35	ST
AS.376.371	Introduction to Music Cognition	Lopez-Gonzalez	M 5-7:30 (online)	15	CG/ST
EN.580.625	Structure and Function of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems	Fuchs/Cullen	TTh 8:30-10am (online)	19	ST
ME.440.820	Circuits and Brain Disorders **Permission required from Dr. Trageser, Director of Undergraduate Studies	Worley	1st and 2nd quarters (9/1/20 to 12/1/20 ) Seminars on Tuesdays 11AM; Journal Club on Thursdays 11AM		CM/ST

Spring 2020

Course #	Concentration	Course name	Professor	Meeting Times	Limits
AS.020.303	CM	Genetics	Fisher/Gordus	TTh 12:00-1:15	315
AS.050.315	CG	Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception	McCloskey	TTh 12:00-1:15	50
AS.050.326	CG/CP	Foundations of Cognitive Science (writing intensive)	Smolensky	MW 12-1:15	15
As.050.339	CG	Cognitive Development	Yarmolinskaya	TTh 3-4:15	30
AS.050.371	CG/CP	Bayesian Inference	Wilson	TTh 9-10:15	25
AS.080.304	CM/ST/CG	Neuroscience of Learning and Memory	Bakker	TTh 4:30-5:45	45
AS.080.321	CP	Computational Neuroscience	Trageser	TTh 12:00-1:15	60
AS.080.326	ST/CM	Neurobiology and Diseases of the Peripheral Nervous System	Farah	TTh 10:30-11:45	30
AS.080.328	CG/ST	Behavioral Neuroscience Lab	Smith	MW 10:30-11:45; TTh 10:30-11:45	24 (2 sections of 12)
AS.080.334	ST/CM	Unraveling Circuits in Systems Neuroscience- Emerging Techniques	Adwanikar	TTh 10:30-11:45	19
AS.080.345	ST/CM	Great Discoveries in Neuroscience	Baraban	MW 3-4:15	30
AS.200.304	CG/ST	Neuroscience of Decision Making	Stuphorn	TTh 12-1:15	19
AS.200.329	CG/CP	Real World Human Data: Analysis and Visualization	Chen	TTh 10:30-11:45	19
AS.200.344	ST/CM	Behavioral Endocrinology	Bohn	TTh 1:30-2:45	70
AS.200.370	CG/ST	Functional Human Neuroanatomy	Courtney-Faruqee	WF 1:30-2:45	50
AS.200.377	ST	Neuroethology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 12-1:15	15
AS.200.385	CG/ST	Mind, Brain and Experience (writing intensive)	Bedny	T 1:30-3:50	19
AS.200.659	CP	Quantitative Methods for Brain Sciences (open to seniors with instructor approval; Phd or MD/PhD route)	Mysore	MF 12-1:15	25
AS.250.205	CP	Introduction to Computing	Damjanovic/Procopio	MWF 10:00-10:50; MWF 11:00-11:50; MWF 3-3:50; TTh 9:00-10:15; TTh 12-1:15; TTh 3-4:15	234 (6 sections of 39)
AS.250.302	CP	Modeling the Living Cell	Johnson	TTh 1:30-2:45; M 5:00-6:00 (lab)	25
EN.580.439	CP	Models of the Neuron	Zhang	MWF 10:00-10:50; T 9-9:50	10
EN.580.462	CG/CP	Representations of Choice	Chib	MW 4:30-5:45	20
ME.440.718	CM	Neurobiology (permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS)	Watanabe/Margolis	4th quarter 4/8-5/1; (MWF 9-10:30)
ME.440.727	ST/CM	Brain Disease: Neurodevelopmental Diseases (permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS)	Ross/Weinberger	4th quarter 3/9-5/1; M 2-4pm
ME.440.813	ST/CG	Current Issues in Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience (permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS)	Cohen	3rd quarter 1/2-2/28 (W 3-5)