Neuroscience
Core and Elective Courses within Neuroscience are listed below:
Neuroscience Core courses (2 required)
- NEUROSCI 202-0 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience*
- NEUROSCI 206-0 Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience*
Neuroscience Electives
Group A electives focus on human behavior and the human brain
If you entered NU prior to June 1, 2026, choose twoIf you entered NU after June 1, 2026, choose 1 other than PSYCH 110-0
- COG_SCI 210-0 Language and the Brain
- CSD 303-0 or PSYCH 327-0 Brain and Cognition
- CSD 310-0 Biological Foundations of Speech and Music
- PSYCH 110-0 Introduction to Psychology (this is either a Group A elective or a related course depending on requirement year)
- PSYCH 228-0 Cognitive Psychology
- PSYCH 244-0 Developmental Psychology
- PSYCH 248-0 Health Psychology
- PSYCH 324-0 Perception
- PSYCH 328-0 Brain Damage and the Mind
- PSYCH 330-0-1 Topics in Neuroscience Brain and Language, this course substitutes for Cognitive Science 210-0 (prior to Fall 2024) but no longer does.
- PSYCH 336-0 Consciousness
- PSYCH 375-0 Advance Seminar in Cognition or Neuroscience (previously NEUROSCI 391-0). Please provide a syllabus for one of these seminars for consideration.
- PSYCH 378-0 Images of Cognition
- PSYCH 385-0 Advanced Seminar (previously NEUROSCI 392-0). Allowed sections include 1. "Psychoneuroimmunology" and 2. "The Emotional Brain".Please provide a syllabus for other sections of these seminars for consideration.
For students entering Northwestern University in Fall 2026, please refer to New Requirements.
Projected Annual Course Plans: COG_SCI, CSD, PSYCH
Group B electives focus on molecular, cellular, and systems level mechanisms of brain function
If you entered NU prior to June 1, 2026, choose two
If you entered NU after June 1, 2026, choose four
- NEUROSCI 303-0 Molecular Mechanisms of Neuropsychopharmacology*
- NEUROSCI 304-0 Developmental Neurobiology*
- NEUROSCI 308-0 Genetics of Human Behavior*
- NEUROSCI 311-0 Biophysical Analysis of Neurons for ISP* (With approval of the director of undergraduate studies, if not used in place of NEUROSCI 202-0).
- NEUROSCI 320-0 Animal Behavior*
- NEUROSCI 324-0 Neurobiology of Biological Clocks and Sleep*
- NEUROSCI 325-0 Neurobiology of Stress, Adversity, and Resilience*
- NEUROSCI 326-0 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory*
- NEUROSCI 340-0 Injury, Regeneration, and Recovery in the Nervous System*
- NEUROSCI 350-0 Advanced Neurophysiology Laboratory*
- NEUROSCI 355-0 Neurogenetics of Behavior Laboratory*
- NEUROSCI 357-0 Neuroanatomy Laboratory*
- NEUROSCI 359-0 Neurotoxicology Laboratory*
- NEUROSCI 360-0 Neuroscience of Brain Disorders*
- NEUROSCI 365-0 Neurobiology of Prediction*
- NEUROSCI 366-0 Brain Function Through the Lens of Computation*
- NEUROSCI 368-0 Big Data in Contemporary Neurobiology* Previously titled, "Contemporary Data Analysis in Neurobiology" NEUROSCI 390-0-32
- NEUROSCI 370-0 Genetic and Circuit Analysis of Motivated Behavior*
- NEUROSCI 371-0 Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis*
- NEUROSCI 377-0 Neurobiology of Sensation and Perception*
- NEUROSCI 390-0 Topics in Neuroscience*
- BIOL_SCI 303-0 Molecular Neurobiology
- BIOL_SCI 307-0 Brain Structure, Function, and Evolution
- ES_APPM 370-1 Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
Projected Annual Course Plans: BIOL_SCI, ES_APPM, NEUROSCI
* Indicates courses for which the Neuroscience major provides pre-registration privileges. Appointments to declare the major.