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 2022
Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Day/Time | Limit | Focus Area |
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AS.050.352 | Applying Cognitive Neuroscience to Artificial Intelligence Part I | Lopez-Gonzalez | MW 1:30-2:45 | 15 | CG/CP |
AS.050.365 | Cracking the code: Theory and modeling of information coding in neural activity | Mitko | TTh 4:30-5:45 | 20 | CG/CP/ST |
AS.050.375 | Probabilistic Models of the Visual Cortex | Yullie | TTh 9:00-10:15 | 20 | CG/CP/ST |
AS.050.383 | Computational Social Cognition | Isik | MW 12-1:15 | 15 | CG/CP |
AS.080.301 | Behavioral Assessment of Animal Models of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Smith | MWF 12:00-12:50 | 30 | ST/CG |
AS.080.308 | Neuroeconomics | Trageser | WF 12:00-1:15 | 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 | 100 | CM/ST |
AS.080.620 | Theoretical Neuroscience **Open to advanced undergraduate students with instructor’s permission | Niebur | TTh 2:00-3:15 | 20 | CP |
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.200.380 | Neurobiology of Human Cognition | Bedny | T 1:30-3:50 | 30 | CG |
AS.290.304 | Comparative Neuroanatomy | Balanoff | MW 3-4:15 | 35 | ST |
EN.580.625 | Structure and Function of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems | Cullen | TTh 8:30-10am (Med Campus) | 30 | ST |
ME.440.820 | Circuits and Brain Disorders (with permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS) | Worley/Albert/Greenberg | Full Semester T/Th, 11:30am – 12:30pm (Med Campus) | ST/CM |
Spring 2022
Course # | Concentration | Course name | Professor | Meeting Times | Limits |
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AS.020.303 | CM | Genetics | Fisher/Gordus | MW 12:00-1:15 (online) | 440 |
AS.050.315 | CG | Cognitive Neuropsychology of Visual Perception | McCloskey | TTh 12:00-1:15 (online) | 75 |
AS.050.332 | CG | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | Landau/Wilson | MW 1:30-2:45 | 15 |
AS.050.339 | CG | Cognitive Development | Yamolinskaya | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 19 |
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 (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 | 24 (2 sections of 12) |
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 | 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.200.330 | CG/CP/ST | Human and Machine Intelligence | Lee | T 1:30-4 | 19 |
AS.200.344 | ST/CM | Behavioral Endocrinology | Bohn | TTh 1:30-2:45 (online) | 80 |
AS.200.370 | CG/ST | Functional Human Neuroanatomy | Courtney-Faruqee | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 30 |
AS.200.377 | ST | Neuroethology | Sterbing-D'Angelo | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 18 |
AS.200.659 | CP | Quantitative Methods for Brain Sciences (open to seniors with instructor approval; Phd or MD/PhD route) | Mysore | TTh 10:30-11:45 | 40 |
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 36) |
AS.250.302 | CP | Modeling the Living Cell | Johnson | TTh 1:30-2:45; M 5:00-6:00 (lab) | 35 |
AS.376.372 | CG/ST | Topics in Music Cognition | Lopez-Gonzalez | M 5-7:30; T 9-11:30 | 30 (2 sections of 15) |
EN.553.492 | CP | Mathematical Biology | Athreya | 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.580.462 | CG/CP | Representations of Choice | Chib | MW 4:30-5:45 | 20 |
ME.440.705 | CM | Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neural Development II: Regulation of Neural Connectivity (with permission of the instructor and Dr. Trageser, DUS) | Kolodkin/Potter/ Sockanathan | 4th quarter Mar 28-May 20 (TTh 2-4:30) |