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), Bonner, Spring
• 080.305 Neuroscience: Cellular and Systems I (formerly Nervous System I), Zhao/Fetsch/Ross, Fall
• 080.306 Neuroscience: Cellular and Systems II (formerly Nervous System II) Zhao/Fetsch/Ross, Spring
• 080.250 Neuroscience Lab, Trageser/Sterbing-D’Angelo/Ross, 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 (CG), Computational (CP)

Spring 2024

Course #	Concentration	Course name	Professor	Meeting Times	Limits
AS.020.303	CM	Genetics	Fisher/Gordus	TTh12:00-1:15	465
AS.050.315	CG	Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception	McCloskey	TTh 12:00-1:15	75
AS.050.332	CG	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	Landau/Wilson	W 1:30-3:50	15
AS.050.337	CG/CP	Reading the Mind: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision	Li	TTh 1:30-2:45	20
AS.080.304	CM/ST/CG	Neuroscience of Learning and Memory	Bakker	TTh 4:30-5:45	45
AS.080.310	CM	Synaptic Function and Plasticity	Lee/Kirkwood	WF 3-4:15	19
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	44
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.080.330	CM/CG/ST	Writing About the Brain (writing intensive)	Linden	F 1:30-4	6
AS.080.333	CM	Neuroimmunology	Hendry	MW 4:30-5:45	25
AS.080.337	CM	Drug Discovery Research for Neurological Disorders	Tsukamoto	MTh 6pm-7:15pm	18
AS.080.339	CG/ST	Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging (writing intensive)	Ross	TTh 12:00-1:15	20
AS.080.345	ST/CM	Great Discoveries in Neuroscience	Baraban	MW 3-4:15	60
AS.200.304	CG/ST	Neuroscience of Decision Making	Stuphorn	MW 3-4:15	19
AS.200.311	CG/ST	Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding	Fischer	TTh 4:30-5:45	19
AS.200.330	CG/CP/ST	Human and Machine Intelligence	Lee	T 1:30-4	19
AS.200.332	CP	Seminar in Theoretical Neuroscience	Honey	TTh 1:30-2:45	19
AS.200.344	ST/CM	Behavioral Endocrinology	Bohn	TTh 3-4:15	80
AS.200.370	CG/ST	Functional Human Neuroanatomy	Courtney-Farugee	MW 1:30-2:45	35
AS.200.377	ST	Neuroethology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45	18
EN.553.492	CP	Mathematical Biology	Pisano	MW 3-4:15	15
EN.580.439	CP	Models of the Neuron	Zhang	MWF 10:00-10:50; T 9-9:50	10
EN.580.468	CP	Practical Human Neuroimaging	Chib	MWF 1:30-2:45	10
EN.601.404	CP	Brain & Computation	Kosaraju	T 4:30-5:20	20
ME.440.705	CM	Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neural Development II: Regulation of Neural Connectivity (open to advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS)	Kolodkin	4th Quarter: Mar 27-May 19; Location: PCTB 1022; Tue/Th 9-10:30 am (times to be confirmed)

Fall 2023

Course Number	Course Name	Instructor	Day/Time	Limit	Focus Area
AS.050.312	Cognitive Neuroimaging Methods in High-Level Vision	Li	TTh 10:30-11:45	22	CG
AS.050.371	Bayesian Inference	Wilson	MW 12-1:15	25	CG/CP
AS.050.375	Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex	Yullie	TTh 9:00-10:15	70	CG/CP/ST
AS.050.383	Computational Social Cognition	Isik	TTh 12:00-1:15	19	CG/CP
AS.080.301	Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Smith	MWF 12:00-12:50	25	ST/CG
AS.080.303	Structure of the Nervous System	Hendry	MW 4:30-5:45	40	ST/CM
AS.080.308	Neuroeconomics	Trageser	WF 12:00-1:15	70	ST/CP/CG
AS.080.310	Synaptic Function and Plasticity	Lee/Kirkwood	Note : Course will be offered in Spring 2024
AS.080.316	Prefrontal Cortex: Computational Models and Neurophysiology	Stuphorn	TTh 12:00-1:15	19	CP/ST
AS.080.329	Current Topics in Peripheral Neuropathies and Nerve Diseases (writing intensive)	Farah	MW 4:30-5:45	15	CG/CM/CP/ST
AS.080.336	Brain-Body Interactions in Health and Disease	Farah	MW 1:30-2:45	44	ST
AS.080.349	Neural Oscillations, Cognition and Disease (writing intensive)	Ross	TTh 12:00-1:15	20	CG/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	100	CM/ST
AS.080.620	Theoretical Neuroscience **Open to advanced undergraduate students with instructor’s permission	Niebur	TTh 3:00-4:15	20	CP
AS.200.313	Models of Mind and Brain	Honey	TTh 1:30-2:45	19	CP/CG
AS.200.322	Clinical Neuropsychology	Rickards	T 5:00-7:30	20	ST
AS.200.376	Neuropsychopharmacology	Sterbing-D'Angelo	TTh 10:30-11:45	50	CM/ST
AS.200.385	Mind, Brain & Experience (writing intensive)	Bedney	T 1:30-4	19	CG/ST
AS.250.302	Modeling the Living Cell	Johnson	TTh 1;30-2:45 (Lecture) M 5:00-6:00 (Lab)	35	CP
EN.580.625	Structure and Function of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems	Cullen	TTh 8:30-10am (Med Campus)	40	ST