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Summer 2024 Neuroscience Courses Now Open for Enrollment!

This summer, the Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP will be offering the following courses in in-person or online formats. Please contact the Summer Sessions Office (https://summer.ucla.edu/) or the Neuroscience advising office (neurosci@ucla.edu) if you have any questions about enrollment! Enrollment for UCLA students begins February 1st, while enrollment for non-UCLA students begins on February 15th.

NEUROSC 10: Brain Made Simple: Neuroscience for the 21st Century (Session A, June 24th – August 2nd, 2024)

  • Tuesday & Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (On-Campus)
  • Fulfills UCLA GE requirement – Scientific Inquiry: Life Sciences
  • Also open to high school and non-UCLA college students!

NEUROSC 20: Introduction to Neuroscience Methods: The Art and Science of Studying the Brain (Session A, June 24th – August 2nd, 2024)

  • Lectures: Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays and Discussion: Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. (Online)
  • Great introductory course for UCLA students considering the Neuroscience major or minor!
  • Also open to high school and non-UCLA college students!

NEUROSC 102: Introduction to Functional Anatomy of Central Nervous System (Session C, August 5th – September 13th, 2024)

  • Lectures: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. (On-Campus)
  • Labs: Mondays or Wednesdays, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (On-Campus)
  • Fulfills core requirement for Neuroscience majors or elective option for Neuroscience minors.

Students who have not yet taken NEUROSC M101A will need to be manually enrolled by an advisor – please email neurosci@ucla.edu your enrollment request (including UID, the quarter you completed LIFESCI 7C, and preferred lab section). Students are also expected to be on track to enroll in NEUROSC M101A for Fall 2024 (as NEUROSC M101A and 102 are co-requisites).

  • Declared neuroscience majors and minors: LIFESCI 7C must be completed in order to enroll.
  • Declared neuroscience majors and minors planning to take LIFESCI 7C in the spring: Students are eligible to enroll after showing proof of enrollment in LIFESCI 7C for the spring quarter.
  • For non-majors or students planning to declare the major/minor: Students can enroll starting April 1st if all prerequisites for the course have been completed or are in-progress.

NEUROSC 150: Biotechnology in Neuroscience (Session C, August 5th – September 13th, 2024)

  • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. (On-Campus)
  • Fulfills the Molecular, Cell and Developmental Elective category for Neuroscience majors/minors (also open to non-majors interested in the subject!)

NOTE: The enrollment prerequisites of NEUROSC M101A and M101B have been lifted for NEUROSC 150 this summer! Please let the Neuroscience advisors know if you would like to enroll in this class so we can help you waive these prerequisites (sophomore level students and above).

NEUROSC M161: Personal Brain Management (Session A, June 24th – August 2nd, 2024)

  • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Online)
  • Fulfills the Behavioral and Cognitive Elective category for Neuroscience majors/minors

NEUROSC 191A: Cognitive Horizons: Unveiling the Neuroscience of Normal Aging and Neurodegenerative Trajectories (Session A, June 24th – August 2nd, 2024)

  • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (On-Campus)
  • Fulfills the Behavioral and Cognitive Elective category for Neuroscience majors/minors

NOTE: The enrollment prerequisite of NEUROSC M101A has been lifted for NEUROSC 191A this summer! Please let the Neuroscience advisors know if you would like to enroll in this class so we can help you waive these prerequisites (sophomore level students and above).