DEPARTMENT OF NEUROBIOLOGY

Fall 2020 Class Schedule

Below are NEUROSCI courses expected be offered in Fall 2020.

Pre-registration for Fall 2020 begins on August 17th. Please use your pre-registration opportunity to register for your Group B electives. If a class is full, please be sure to place your names on the waitlist for the class. Students will be placed in the class in this order.

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

ATTENTION!

Enrollment in NEUROSCI 202-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0 is limited to declared neuroscience majors only!

NEUROSCI 101-6-20 First-Year Seminar: "This is Your Brain on College" will be taught by Luke Flores, PhD. Class meetings will be synchronous and remote but recorded. In this WCAS first-year seminar, we will examine recent research on learning and memory through the unique lens of college life. What do we know (or think we know) about how memories are encoded in the brain? How is college a different learning environment than high school? Together, we will review scientific studies on the impact of college life on student academic performance, and correlate those findings with studies of human and animal learning in the laboratory. After taking this course, you will have a foundational understanding of the neurobiological basis of memory, learn how to read scientific literature critically, and develop strategies to improve your study habits and performance here at Northwestern University. Open to first-year students in Weinberg College. This course does not satisfy major requirements in Neuroscience but does serve as a Weinberg first-year seminar. There will be several writing assignments on a science-related topic.

NEUROSCI 202-0-20 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience will be taught asynchronously by Dave McLean, 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 either BIOL_SCI 217-0 or BIOL_SCI 201-0 and either; CHEM 151-0 or CHEM 171-0 with a B- grade or above; or CHEM 132-0 or CHEM 152-0 or CHEM 172-0.

Natural Sciences Distro Area

NEUROSCI 304-0-20 Developmental Neurobiology will be taught by Thomas Bozza, PhD. using a Hybrid method. Lectures will be synchronous and remote but recorded. One-two weeks of class will be devoted to socially-distanced demonstration labs that students attend in Hogan Hall in place of class meetings. If you will not be on campus, please sign up for the remote section NEUROSCI 304-0-21. Schedule TBA, options will be available. Prerequisites: BIOL_SCI 215-0 or BIOL_SCI 201-0 and one of the following: NEUROSCI 202-0 or NEUROSCI 311-0 or BIOL_SCI 302-0. May not received credit for both BIOL_SCI 215-0 and BIOL_SCI 201-0

NEUROSCI 320-0-21 Animal Behavior will be taught by Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, PhD. using a synchronous method.  Lectures (typically Tuesdays) will be remote synchronous but recorded. For student presentations (typically Thursdays) students will be assigned to present remotely. Attendance for presentations is important but accommodations will be made for students who cannot meet remotely at the regular class time. Prerequisites: NEUROSCI 202-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or NEUROSCI 311-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or BIOL_SCI 302-0.

NEUROSCI 324-0-20 Neurobiology of Biological Clocks and Sleep will be taught synchronously by Fred Turek, PhD. Lectures will be synchronous and remote but recorded. May not receive credit for both this course and the former BIOL_SCI 324-0. Prerequisite: NEUROSCI 202-0 or NEUROSCI 311-0 or BIOL_SCI 302-0.

NEUROSCI 360-0-20 Neuroscience of Brain Disorders will be taught by Valerie Kilman, PhD. using a Hybrid method. Hybrid class with in-person weekly discussion. Lectures (typically MW) will be synchronous and remote but recorded. Discussions on Friday will be in-person small group meetings (up to 15 students). Remote discussion participants should enroll in section 63. See CAESAR for discussion section choices. Accommodations will be made for students who cannot meet in person. Prerequisites: NEUROSCI 202-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; NEUROSCI 311-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or BIOL_SCI 302-0. Recommend review of basic genetics and molecular biology.

NEUROSCI 390-0-61 Neuro-Anatomy Laboratory will be taught by Justin Brown, PhD. using a synchronous method. Class meetings will be synchronous and remote. Class meetings will be recorded. Students who cannot attend the synchronous class meetings can fully participate by viewing the recordings and by asking questions in office hours. Animal and cadaver dissections will be discussed in class. Students will have the opportunity to view some dissections in person (this is optional and students can fully participate in class without attending any in-person activities). Prerequisites: NEUROSCI 202-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0; or NEUROSCI 311-0 and NEUROSCI 206-0. This class may be used to fulfill a Group B requirement or as an elective in the biology allied field.