Neuroscience Course Offerings
Current 2023/24 Course Offerings
The table below lists Neuroscience courses, with information on their offerings in the 2023/24 academic year. Please note that the terms when courses are held, and the details of course syllabi, may change in future years. Use this information as a guide, but be sure to check future years' timetables when they become available and read the current version of course syllabi when you start a new class.
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| Course Name (and 2023/24 syllabus) |
Course # |
Course Type |
Term(s) offered, 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience I: From Neuron to Person | PSYO 1011 | Core required for PSYO/NES majors (open to all) | Fall |
| Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience II: From Social Interaction to Psychopathology |
PSYO 1012 | Core required for PSYO/NES majors (open to all) | Winter |
| Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience I: From Neuron to Person - DE | PSYO 1031 | Core required for PSYO/NESC majors (open to all) | Fall & Summer |
| Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience II: From Social Interaction to Psychopathology -DE | PSYO 1032 | Core required for PSYO/NESC majors (open to all) | Winter & Summer |
| Methods in Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience | NESC 2000 | Core required (restricted to PSYO/NESC majors) | Fall & Summer |
| Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | NESC 2130 | 2000-level elective | Fall, Winter, & Summer |
| Learning: Conditioning and Motivation |
NESC 2140 | 2000-level elective | Fall & Winter |
| Perceptual Processes | NESC 2150 | 2000-level elective | Fall |
| Animal Behaviour | NESC 2160 | 2000-level elective | Fall & Winter |
| Systems Neuroscience | NESC 2470 | Core required (restricted to PSYO/NESC majors) | Winter & Summer |
| Statistical Methods I |
PSYO 2501 | Core required (restricted to PSYO/NESC majors) |
Fall & Summer |
| Cellular Neuroscience | NESC 2570 | Core required for NESC majors (2000-level elective for PSYO majors) | Fall |
| Directed Research in Neuroscience |
NESC 3001 | Supervised project | Fall, Winter, & Summer |
| Directed Research in Neuroscience |
NESC 3002 | Supervised project | Fall, Winter, & Summer |
| Experiential Learning in Science Communication I & II | PSYO 3011/3012 | 3000-level elective | Fall & Winter |
| Research Methods in Sensation and Perception | NESC 3051 | Lab credit | Winter |
| Independent Research in Psychology I & II | PSYO 3100/3101 | Supervised project + lab credit | Fall & Winter |
| Research Methods in Attention | NESC 3131 | Lab credit | Fall & Winter |
| Research Methods in Memory | NESC 3133 | Lab credit | Fall & Winter |
| Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience | NESC 3137 | Lab Credit | Winter |
| Measuring Behaviour | NESC 3161 | Lab Credit | Fall & Winter |
| Advanced Animal Behaviour: Theories and Applications | NESC 3162 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Neuroethology | NESC 3165 | Lab credit | Fall |
| Hormones and Behaviour | NESC 3170 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall |
| Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecological Immunology | NESC 3180 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Psycholinguistics | NESC 3190 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Principles of Human Neuropsychology | NESC 3227 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Drugs and Behaviour | NESC 3237 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall |
| The Science of Sleep | NESC 3264 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Developmental Neuroscience | NESC 3270 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Winter |
| Developmental Origins of Health and Disease | NESC 3271 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall & Winter |
| Advanced Methods in Neurobiology | NESC 3370 | Lab credit | Fall |
| Neuronal Organization Laboratory | NESC 3371 | Lab credit | Fall & Winter |
| Neuroanatomy |
NESC 3440 | Lab credit | Fall |
| Statistical Methods II | PSYO 3502 | Core required (for NESC/PSYO honours students only) | Fall |
| Neural Data Science | NESC 3505 | Lab Credit | Fall |
| Genes, Brain and Behaviour | NESC 3670 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall & Summer |
| Behavioural Neuroscience | NESC 3770 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall & Winter |
| Molecular Neuroscience | NESC 3970 | 3000-level elective (lecture) | Fall |
| Directed Reading Project | NESC 4000 | Supervised project | Fall, Winter, & Summer |
| Contemporary Issues in Neuroscience | NESC 4007 | Honours seminar | Winter |
| Topics in Neuroscience | NESC 4008 | Honours seminar | Winter |
| Chemical Neurobiology |
NESC 4070 | Honours seminar | Winter |
| Topics in Cognition | NESC 4130 | Honours seminar | Winter |
| Topics in Behavioural Biology | NESC 4160 | Honours seminar | Fall |
| Synaptic Function and Plasticity |
NESC 4185 | Honours seminar | Fall |
| Behavioural Neuro(epi)genetics and Genomics | NESC 4670 | Honours seminar | Winter |
| Topics in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |
NESC 4740 | Honours seminar | Fall |
| Honours Foundation | NESC 4901 | Core required (for NESC honours students only) | Fall |
| Honours Thesis | NESC 4902 | Core required (for NESC honours students only) | Winter |