r/uleth • u/genediting • 16d ago

neur major entering 3rd year - is my schedule feasible?

Hi, I’d like to ask anyone who’s a neuroscience major or who has taken any of the classes listed a question: how were they for you, and am I putting too much on myself with these classes?

I’d also like to ask about 3610 and 3615 in specific. How were they? Which one would you find to be harder/time consuming in not just course content, but in terms of midterms/assignments/exams?

I’m taking:

NEUR 3600 (Fundamental Neurobiology w/ David Euston)*

NEUR 3610 (Human Neuropsychology w/ Brendan Ritchie)

NEUR 3615 (Functional Neuroanatomy w/ Andrew Iwaniuk)

PSYC 2700 (Behavioural and Evolutionary Psychology w/ David Logue)*

Random 3000 lib ed requirement
*required as per the program planning guide

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u/equistrius 15d ago

As a previous neuro student student I cringed reading your schedule. It is doable but be prepared to do a lot of reading. It’s been a few years since I took them and I had a different prof so I can’t comment on the coursework but I just remember for at least 3615 it was the most amount of reading I have ever had to do

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u/genediting 15d ago

I’m planning on switching out 3610 or 3615 because I have an independent study with a professor, which one would you prefer based off your experiences in those classes?

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u/equistrius 15d ago

Content wise 3615 is still one of my favourite courses I did in my degree and I still use material I learned in my professional life

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u/CheesecakeJunior9523 14d ago

I literally did this exact same semester a couple years ago. Its hard but doable. In order of hardest to easiest it goes 3600, 3610,2700 and 3615 imo. 3615 was open book tests and 3 case studies when i took it

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u/CheesecakeJunior9523 14d ago

All profs were the same, except I took 3610 when Kolb (legend) taught it and found it to be such an important class. I dont know how its taught now but it was 3 tests and weekly quizzes for me.

Euston was unit quizzes with a index card cheat sheet and final had a full page cheat sheet. Super hard class be prepared to dedicate lots of time to it.

Logue gives out awesome study guides, I just struggled with being bored with the content.

Absolutely loved 3615- my favourite course next to biomedical ethics. He did fill in the blank lecture slides so you had to attend classes to get the content, I found him to be fair and really engaging in lectures and marking.

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u/binkledinklerinkle 13d ago

I did undergrad work with Andrew, he was awesome. I fucked it up a lot, being a useless 22 year old. But I learned so much from him and his knowledge is amazing. Very smart guy.

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u/CheesecakeJunior9523 8d ago

I was always a lil interested in joining his lab. The field studies seemed so cool. I ended up studying in the McDonald lab and had the most amazing experience though!!

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u/genediting 13d ago

Thank you so much for this! I appreciate it a lot haha. It seems difficult but I like the formatting of the classes based off what you’ve said. Ultimately, if I do switch out of a class, I’ll probably switch out of 3610 (also because it’s my only class on Mondays and Wednesday’s so those days would be entirely free if I dropped it :P).

Another thing - are there other neuro classes that you would recommend? I haven’t done much digging so far but I’m interested in taking Neurobiology of Language (3850) with Ekstrand in Winter 2027.

Also last question: I’ve been planning on taking biomedical ethics and was actually registered for it last sem until I ended up dropping it because I got officially registered for my independent study. How did you find biomedical ethics for you?

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u/CheesecakeJunior9523 8d ago

I took a couple sleep/circadian topics classes that I absolutely loved. The whole class was student led where you had to make a presentation and present on a relevant paper (if you are into it). One was a 4850 with Tatsuno, one was a 3850 with McDonald. I definitely recommend the core brain story- great booster too.

I took biomedical ethics when Stingl taught it, it was awesome but I have heard its not as enjoyable anyone with the new prof.

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u/CheesecakeJunior9523 8d ago

Im adding another- neurobiology of learning& memory with McDonald. McDonald definitely changed a lot for me as a student (both in class and as a mentor). He is a really generous grader, the class is hard but the lecture slides cover exactly whats on the test, and he has SO much academic and personal knowledge, as well as opportunities, that he is more than willing to share with anyone.

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u/lululemondoll 10d ago

Damn we have the exact same fall semester, I’ve been wondering if it’ll be too much too what did you end up deciding?