NEUROSC 20
Introduction to Neuroscience Methods: Art and Science of Studying Brain
Grades
3.60
Average grade awarded in NEUROSC 20. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
76%
of the 180 letter grades
D, F or W
2.8%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
0%
nobody in the record took it pass/no pass
The registrar's own records: 180 grades over 6 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
4 of those terms are summer sessions, and summer sessions are counted here.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 6 terms ran 3.03 to 3.68.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 22 · 12.2%
- A 88 · 48.9%
- A- 27 · 15.0%
- B+ 14 · 7.8%
- B 10 · 5.6%
- B- 3 · 1.7%
- C+ 5 · 2.8%
- C 4 · 2.2%
- C- 2 · 1.1%
- F 5 · 2.8%
Percentages are of the 180 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Spring 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMERO, RAFAEL reviews ↗ | 3.59 | 3.60 | 180 | 6 | 76% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
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Workload and assignments
Work types reported in BruinWalk reviews of this course, across recorded instructors and terms. They may differ from this term's syllabus.
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What comes first
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In Springs
Has not run in Spring in the 4 Springs dibs holds records for, back to Fall 2021. That is 4 years of grade records rather than the course catalog, so it says what has happened and not what the department will do next. dibs has no record of it in any quarter since Fall 2022.
From the terms dibs holds, which start in Fall 2021 and exclude summer. A department can run a course in a quarter it never has before.
From the registrar's catalog
Lecture, four hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Preparation: high school background in either biology or chemistry. General overview of field of neuroscience to serve as introduction to Neuroscience major. Topics covered include brief history of field, basic neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, research methods, experimental design, data analysis, and career prospects. May not be applied toward elective requirements for major. Letter grading.
Sections in Spring 2027
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