Fall 2025 Class Schedule

Below are NEUROSCI courses expected be offered in Fall 2025

For scheduled times of courses in other departments, go to CAESAR.

ATTENTION!

Enrollment in NEUROSCI 202-0 is limited to neuroscience majors only!

To declare a Neuroscience Major, please request an appointment.

Pre registration for fall 2025 begins on Monday, May 12th.

What happens if a class fills up during preregistration?

Preregistration allows majors to add up to 2.34 units before anyone else may register for Neuroscience related courses - lists of classes allowing preregistration. Preregistration is the ideal time for students to enroll in Group A or Group B requirements at a time when courses are only available to Neuroscience Majors. If you were unable to register for 2.34 units because the class you wanted was filled, you will be able to place your name on the waitlist during regular registration. Having your name on the waitlist does not guarantee you a spot in the class. It offers the opportunity to take the class if a registered student drops the class which you were interested in.

What happens if a class fills up during registration?

1. Place your name on the waitlist.
2. Wait to be contacted by the program assistant to see if you are able to register for the class.
3. Once contacted, you must either remove your name and register for the class or remove your name from the waitlist.

Enrollment in NEUROSCI 202-0 is limited to declared neuroscience majors only!

NEUROSCI 202-0-20 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience will be taught by Justin Brown, PhD. Introduction to principles governing nervous system function at the cellular and molecular level. May not receive credit for both NEUROSCI 202-0 and BIOL_SCI 302-0. See Caesar for full description.

Prerequisites: Must be a neuroscience major and have completed BIOL_SCI 201-0.

WCAS Degree Requirement: Natural Sciences Distro Area

NEUROSCI 304-0-20 Developmental Neurobiology will be taught by Thomas Bozza, PhD. Embryology and cellular/molecular mechanisms of nervous system development. Topics include patterning of the early embryo and nervous system, neurogenesis, neuronal differentiation and cell fate specification, axon guidance and wiring of neural circuits, and activity-, experience-, and sex-dependent neurodevelopment.

Prerequisite: Student must have completed NEUROSCI 202-0 or NEUROSCI 311-0 or BIOL_SCI 302-0.

NEUROSCI 304-0-20 may be used as a Neuroscience Group B elective or may be used as an Allied Field in Biology.

NEUROSCI 320-0-22 Animal Behavior This class will be taught by Yen-Chyi Liu, PhD. Animal behavior from the neuroscience perspective. Neurological bases of foraging, communication, migration, predator-prey interactions, mating, and parental care.

Prerequisites: Student must have completed NEUROSCI 202-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or NEUROSCI 311-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or BIOL_SCI 302-0.

Any section of NEUROSCI 320-0 may be used as a Neuroscience Group B elective or may be used as an Allied Field in Biology.

Natural Sciences Distro Area

NEUROSCI 324-0-20 Neurobiology of Biological Clocks and Sleep will be taught by Fred Turek, PhD. General properties of sleep and circadian rhythms; how sleep and the circadian clock regulate a number of diverse activities at the cell, organ, and organism levels. The importance of biological rhythms and sleep for human health and disease will be covered in this course.

Prerequisite: Student must have completed NEUROSCI 202-0 or NEUROSCI 311-0 or BIOL_SCI 302-0.

NEUROSCI 324-0-20 may be used as a Neuroscience Group B elective or may be used as an Allied Field in Biology.

 WCAS Degree Requirement: Natural Sciences Distro Area