Neuroscience: Courses By Category

The list below presents the Neuroscience courses, organized by course category, that you may expect to have available to you in the next few semesters.

Gateway Course

Number Title Codes
NEUROSCI 102 Biological Bases of Behavior (Team-Based Learning) NS

Core Courses

Number Title Codes
NEUROSCI 217D Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience NS
NEUROSCI 223 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology NS

Statistics Courses

Courses offered outside of Neuroscience, primarily from the Department of Statistics. See list of qualifying courses.

Electives: Methods and Laboratory Courses

Electives: Research Courses

Electives: Intersection Courses

Number Title Codes
NEUROSCI 89S First-Year Seminar Special Topics
NEUROSCI 116FS Neuroscience and Human Language NS, SS
NEUROSCI 153FS Drugs and the Law SS
NEUROSCI 190S Special Topics in Neuroscience
NEUROSCI 233 Exploring Science and Religion STS, CZ
NEUROSCI 237 Religion and Science CCI, STS, CZ
NEUROSCI 241 Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities CCI, STS, ALP
NEUROSCI 250S Brains, Everywhere CCI, EI, CZ
NEUROSCI 252 Philosophy and Neuroscience SS
NEUROSCI 267 Neuroethics EI, STS, NS, SS
NEUROSCI 274S Aristotle and Neuroscience CCI, EI, CZ, SS
NEUROSCI 278 Sex/Gender - Nature/Nurture: Intersections of Biology and Society STS, NS
NEUROSCI 290 Special Topics in Neuroscience
NEUROSCI 290-1 Topics in Literature and Neuroscience
NEUROSCI 290A Duke Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Neuroscience
NEUROSCI 333S Neuroscience and Nutrition STS, NS
NEUROSCI 356S Educational Neuroscience SS
NEUROSCI 362S Psychedelics and Other Illegal Psychoactive Drugs as Medicines STS, NS
NEUROSCI 555S Topics in Philosophy of Mind R, STS, W, CZ
NEUROSCI 595 Language, Music and Dementia: Neuroscience Approaches R, NS, SS

Electives: Lecture Courses

Electives: In-depth Seminar Courses (351 and above)

Electives: Focus Courses

Number Title Codes
NEUROSCI 116FS Neuroscience and Human Language NS, SS
NEUROSCI 121FS Sleep in Society: History, Culture, and Medicine CCI, SS
NEUROSCI 153FS Drugs and the Law SS