Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Brown University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 43 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Semester 5fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NEUR coursework.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NEUR work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 43 NEUR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more NEUR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on NEUR, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Background coursesall required
Intro Neuroscience (NEUR 0010)1 required
Principles of Neurobiology (NEUR 1020)1 required
Neural Systems (NEUR 1030)1 required
Critical reading course1 required · verify with the official sheet
One critical-reading course from the approved Neuroscience list.
Lab methods course1 required · verify with the official sheet
One approved lab-methods course (NEUR 0680/1600/1630, CPSY 1490, …).
Four neuroscience electives4 required · verify with the official sheet
Four neuroscience-related electives from the approved list.
Research1 required · verify with the official sheet
One semester of research (independent study, CURE course, or structured program).
Differential equations1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: NEUR 1020
Gateway: NEUR 1030
The deepest prerequisite chains in NEUR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at NEUR 1040
3 courses deep, ending at NEUR 1650
3 courses deep, ending at NEUR 1680
3 courses deep, ending at NEUR 2110
NEUR 00101 required
NEUR 10201 required
CSCI 02001 required
NEUR 06801 required
Two upper-level neuroscience electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Two electives that deepen neuroscience understanding.
All NEUR courses in the Brown catalog
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Use your school emailInstructors on NEUR sections in Spring 2027, from the registrar's schedule.
No clubs or organizations on record under NEUR yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Neuroscience does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Brown campus feed.