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  • Electives
    FALL

    Biomedical Engineering 131: Neuroengineering – Dr. Liu, Q report

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    [Neuro 129: The Brain: Development, Plasticity, and Disease] – not offered 2025-’26

    Learning how the neural circuitry of the brain develops, displays plasticity in maturity and declines in function with aging. – Dr. Kunes, Q Report 

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    • Development
    • Plasticity & Aging

    Neuro 130: Visual Recognition: Computational and Biophysical Perspective – Dr. Kreiman, Q Report

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    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    Neuro 141: The Physics of Sensory Systems in Biology – Dr. Samuel, Q Report

    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    [Neuro 145: Neurobiology of Perception and Decision Making] – not offered 2025-’26

    – neural circuits underlying perception and behavior – Dr. Uchida, Q Report

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    • Circuits & Systems

    Neuro 146: Experience-based Brain Development – this course integrates molecular & cell biology with systems neuroscience to explore mechanisms underlying critical periods in development – Dr. Hensch, Q Report

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    • Circuits & Systems
    • Development
    • Disease and Therapeutics

    Neuro 175: Principles of Cell Physiology – Dr. Bellono, Q report

    [Neuro 180: Development, Plasticity, and Regeneration in the Mammalian Brain] – Dr. Macklis, Q Report – not offered 2025-’26

    • Development
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    OEB 145: Genes and Behavior – genetic influence and control of behaviors in both invertebrates and vertebrate animals – Dr. Zhang, Q Report

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    • Genetics

    Psychology 1201: Your Brain on Drugs: Psychopharmacology – Dr. Lukas, Q Report

    • Cognitive Science
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    [Psychology 1309: Essentials of fMRI for Cognitive Neuroscientists] – Dr. Konkle, Q report – not offered 2025-’26

    • Cognitive Science

    [Psychology 1451:Debugging the brain: Computational Approaches to Mental Dysfunction]– not offered 2025-’26

    This course examines recent work applying computational models to mental disorders]. – Dr. Gershman, Q Report

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    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    LS 100: Experimental Research in the Life Sciences: dynamic project-based research course

    Note: Students must must enroll in one of the neuroscience projects and can only count a single semester for advanced neuro credit – Dr. Viel, Q Report

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    • Laboratory & Research
    SPRING

    Biomedical Engineering 129: Introduction to Bioelectronics – Dr. Liu, Q report 

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    [Biomedical Engineering 130: Neural Control of Movement] – Dr. Smith, Q Report – not offered 2024-’25

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience
    • Circuits & Systems

    Neuro 105: Systems Neuroscience – a study of how neural circuitry underlies animal behavior and how neural activity shapes connections during learning and memory – Dr. Engert, Q Report

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    • Circuits & Systems
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Computational

    Neuro 115: Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function – Biophysical and cell biological approaches to excitability, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity. This course includes hands-on component for students to learn patch clamp and extracellular recording techniques. – Drs. Draft and Quast, Q Report

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    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience
    • Laboratory ResearchLaboratory Research

    Neuro 120: Introductory Computational Neuroscience

    This course introduces students to abstract models of what and how neurons compute and concrete analyses of real neurons in action. Topics include network models of sensory processing and memory, and techniques to compare these models with real experimental data. This course will emphasize students’ contributions and classroom interactions. Programming projects will be a significant aspect of the course, so programming experience (Python, Matlab) is recommended. Familiarity—but not expertise—with linear algebra will be assumed. – Dr. Penikis (new instructor), Q report

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    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    Neuro 125: Molecular Basis of Behavior – How genes and molecules affect behaviors will be investigated through key examples of mammalian behaviors – Dr. Dulac, Q Report

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    • Circuits & Systems
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Development

    Neuro 140: Biological and Artificial Intelligence – Dr. Kreiman, Q report

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    Neuro 170: Brain Invaders: Building and Breaking Barriers in the Nervous System – Dr. Magnotti, Q Report

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    • Disease and Therapeutics

    [Neuro 1202: Modern Neuroanatomy – this course examine the circuits that underly cognition] – Dr. Buckner, Q Report– not offered in 2025-26

    • Cognitive Science
    • Circuits & Systems

    [Psychology 1303: The Human Brain Then and Now] – Dr. Buckner, Q Report – not offered 2025-’26

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    • Cognitive Science

    Psychology 1325: The Emotional, Social Brain – Dr. Phelps, Q report

    • Cognitive Science

    Neuro 1401: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience– teaching students how to simulate brain function with computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on processes like learning, memory, attention, decision-making, and object perception. – Dr. Gershman, Q Report

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    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    Psych 1406: Biological and Artificial Visual Systems: How Humans and Machines Represent the World – Dr. Alvarez, Q report

    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    SCRB 185: Brain Development, Risk of Mental Illness, and New Approaches to Treatment Development – Drs. Arlotta and Hyman, Q report

    • Development
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    LS 100: Experimental Research in the Life Sciences: dynamic project-based research course

    Note: Students must must enroll in one of the neuroscience projects and can only count a single semester for advanced neuro credit – Dr. Viel, Q Report

    Read more

    • Laboratory & Research
    FALL
    SPRING

    Biomedical Engineering 131: Neuroengineering – Dr. Liu, Q report

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    Biomedical Engineering 129: Introduction to Bioelectronics – Dr. Liu, Q report 

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    [Neuro 129: The Brain: Development, Plasticity, and Disease] – not offered 2025-’26

    Learning how the neural circuitry of the brain develops, displays plasticity in maturity and declines in function with aging. – Dr. Kunes, Q Report 

    Read more

    • Development
    • Plasticity & Aging

    [Biomedical Engineering 130: Neural Control of Movement] – Dr. Smith, Q Report – not offered 2024-’25

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience
    • Circuits & Systems

    Neuro 130: Visual Recognition: Computational and Biophysical Perspective – Dr. Kreiman, Q Report

    Read more

    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    Neuro 105: Systems Neuroscience – a study of how neural circuitry underlies animal behavior and how neural activity shapes connections during learning and memory – Dr. Engert, Q Report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Computational

    Neuro 141: The Physics of Sensory Systems in Biology – Dr. Samuel, Q Report

    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    Neuro 115: Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function – Biophysical and cell biological approaches to excitability, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity. This course includes hands-on component for students to learn patch clamp and extracellular recording techniques. – Drs. Draft and Quast, Q Report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience
    • Laboratory ResearchLaboratory Research

    [Neuro 145: Neurobiology of Perception and Decision Making] – not offered 2025-’26

    – neural circuits underlying perception and behavior – Dr. Uchida, Q Report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems

    Neuro 120: Introductory Computational Neuroscience

    This course introduces students to abstract models of what and how neurons compute and concrete analyses of real neurons in action. Topics include network models of sensory processing and memory, and techniques to compare these models with real experimental data. This course will emphasize students’ contributions and classroom interactions. Programming projects will be a significant aspect of the course, so programming experience (Python, Matlab) is recommended. Familiarity—but not expertise—with linear algebra will be assumed. – Dr. Penikis (new instructor), Q report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    Neuro 146: Experience-based Brain Development – this course integrates molecular & cell biology with systems neuroscience to explore mechanisms underlying critical periods in development – Dr. Hensch, Q Report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Development
    • Disease and Therapeutics

    Neuro 125: Molecular Basis of Behavior – How genes and molecules affect behaviors will be investigated through key examples of mammalian behaviors – Dr. Dulac, Q Report

    Read more

    • Circuits & Systems
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Development

    Neuro 175: Principles of Cell Physiology – Dr. Bellono, Q report

    Neuro 140: Biological and Artificial Intelligence – Dr. Kreiman, Q report

    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    [Neuro 180: Development, Plasticity, and Regeneration in the Mammalian Brain] – Dr. Macklis, Q Report – not offered 2025-’26

    • Development
    • Plasticity & Aging
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    Neuro 170: Brain Invaders: Building and Breaking Barriers in the Nervous System – Dr. Magnotti, Q Report

    Read more

    • Disease and Therapeutics

    OEB 145: Genes and Behavior – genetic influence and control of behaviors in both invertebrates and vertebrate animals – Dr. Zhang, Q Report

    Read more

    • Genetics

    [Neuro 1202: Modern Neuroanatomy – this course examine the circuits that underly cognition] – Dr. Buckner, Q Report– not offered in 2025-26

    • Cognitive Science
    • Circuits & Systems

    Psychology 1201: Your Brain on Drugs: Psychopharmacology – Dr. Lukas, Q Report

    • Cognitive Science
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    [Psychology 1303: The Human Brain Then and Now] – Dr. Buckner, Q Report – not offered 2025-’26

    Read more

    • Cognitive Science

    [Psychology 1309: Essentials of fMRI for Cognitive Neuroscientists] – Dr. Konkle, Q report – not offered 2025-’26

    • Cognitive Science

    Psychology 1325: The Emotional, Social Brain – Dr. Phelps, Q report

    • Cognitive Science

    [Psychology 1451:Debugging the brain: Computational Approaches to Mental Dysfunction]– not offered 2025-’26

    This course examines recent work applying computational models to mental disorders]. – Dr. Gershman, Q Report

    Read more

    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neurobiology

    Neuro 1401: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience– teaching students how to simulate brain function with computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on processes like learning, memory, attention, decision-making, and object perception. – Dr. Gershman, Q Report

    Read more

    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    LS 100: Experimental Research in the Life Sciences: dynamic project-based research course

    Note: Students must must enroll in one of the neuroscience projects and can only count a single semester for advanced neuro credit – Dr. Viel, Q Report

    Read more

    • Laboratory & Research

    Psych 1406: Biological and Artificial Visual Systems: How Humans and Machines Represent the World – Dr. Alvarez, Q report

    • Cognitive Science
    • Computational & Quantitative Neuroscience

    SCRB 185: Brain Development, Risk of Mental Illness, and New Approaches to Treatment Development – Drs. Arlotta and Hyman, Q report

    • Development
    • Disease & Therapeutics

    LS 100: Experimental Research in the Life Sciences: dynamic project-based research course

    Note: Students must must enroll in one of the neuroscience projects and can only count a single semester for advanced neuro credit – Dr. Viel, Q Report

    Read more

    • Laboratory & Research