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NEUROSC 199A

Directed Research in Neuroscience

4 units

Sections & times

Tutorial.

Fall 2026: 20 sections. Nothing here is open. The oldest of these readings was 4 hours ago.

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No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Fall 2026 are below.

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Workload and assignments

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What comes first

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From the registrar's catalog

Tutorial, 12 hours minimum. Enforced requisites: courses 99, M101A. Limited to junior/senior Neuroscience majors and minors with grades of B (3.0) or better. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. Maximum of 8 units of courses 198A, 198B, 199A, 199B may be applied toward major. Individual contract required. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 199B).

Sections in Fall 2026

Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 20 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

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Seats over time in Fall 2026

How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 20 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.

What a flat run means, and where a line starts

Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.

Tut 1 · Silverman, D.H. · -

Unchanged over about 1 month

Both readings say 0 seats.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 22:361 Oct 22:32
dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 385. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 504 of 1057 plotted.Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 385 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 22:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 504 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 2 · Spiegel, B.M. · -

Unchanged over about 1 month

Both readings say 0 seats.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 22:361 Oct 22:32
dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 385. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 504 of 1057 plotted.Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 385 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 22:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 504 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 3 · Wassum, K. · -

Unchanged over about 1 month

Both readings say 0 seats.

21 Aug 16:4011 Sep 07:361 Oct 22:32
dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 385. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 438 of 991 plotted.Seats from 21 Aug 16:40 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 385 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 22:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 438 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 4 · Mackenzie-Graham, · -

Unchanged over about 1 month

Both readings say 0 seats.

25 Aug 23:4013 Sep 11:061 Oct 22:32
dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 385. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 335 of 888 plotted.Seats from 25 Aug 23:40 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 553 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 385 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 22:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 335 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 5 · Wilke, S.A. · -

Unchanged over 16 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

15 Sep 16:1223 Sep 19:221 Oct 22:32
dibs read 116 of the 391 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 275.Seats from 15 Sep 16:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 275 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 6 · Arac, A. · -

Unchanged over 15 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

16 Sep 14:4224 Sep 06:371 Oct 22:32
dibs read 109 of the 369 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 260.Seats from 16 Sep 14:42 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 260 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 7 · Adelman, H.S. · -

Unchanged over 14 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

17 Sep 22:5224 Sep 22:421 Oct 22:32
dibs read 100 of the 337 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 237.Seats from 17 Sep 22:52 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 237 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 8 · Paul, K.N. · -

Unchanged over 13 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

18 Sep 12:5225 Sep 05:421 Oct 22:32
dibs read 95 of the 323 hours plotted, 29%, and did not look in 228.Seats from 18 Sep 12:52 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 228 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 9 · Broersma, E.H. · -

Unchanged over 13 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

18 Sep 19:4225 Sep 09:071 Oct 22:32
dibs read 94 of the 316 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 222.Seats from 18 Sep 19:42 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 222 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 10 · Leal, S. · -

Unchanged over 7 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

24 Sep 14:4228 Sep 06:371 Oct 22:32
dibs read 52 of the 177 hours plotted, 29%, and did not look in 125.Seats from 24 Sep 14:42 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 125 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 11 · Novitch, B.G. · -

Unchanged over 7 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

25 Sep 04:3228 Sep 13:321 Oct 22:32
dibs read 48 of the 163 hours plotted, 29%, and did not look in 115.Seats from 25 Sep 04:32 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 115 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 12 · Kornblum, H.I. · -

Unchanged over 6 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

26 Sep 01:1228 Sep 23:521 Oct 22:32
dibs read 42 of the 142 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 100.Seats from 26 Sep 01:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 100 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 13 · Geschwind, D.H. · -

Unchanged over 3 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

28 Sep 21:1230 Sep 09:521 Oct 22:32
dibs read 22 of the 74 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 52.Seats from 28 Sep 21:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 52 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 14 · Hoffman, L.F. · -

Unchanged over 3 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

28 Sep 21:1230 Sep 09:521 Oct 22:32
dibs read 22 of the 74 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 52.Seats from 28 Sep 21:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 52 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 15 · Jacobs, D.K. · -

Unchanged over 3 days

Both readings say 0 seats.

29 Sep 00:2230 Sep 11:271 Oct 22:32
dibs read 21 of the 71 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 50.Seats from 29 Sep 00:22 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 50 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 16 · Thames, A.D. · -

Unchanged over 1 day

Both readings say 0 seats.

30 Sep 05:221 Oct 01:571 Oct 22:32
dibs read 13 of the 42 hours plotted, 31%, and did not look in 29.Seats from 30 Sep 05:22 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 29 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 17 · Colwell, C.S. · -

Unchanged over 1 day

Both readings say 0 seats.

30 Sep 19:221 Oct 08:571 Oct 22:32
dibs read 9 of the 28 hours plotted, 32%, and did not look in 19.Seats from 30 Sep 19:22 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 19 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 18 · Denardo, L.A. · -

Unchanged over about 9 hours

Both readings say 0 seats.

1 Oct 13:121 Oct 17:521 Oct 22:32
dibs read 4 of the 10 hours plotted, 40%, and did not look in 6.Seats from 1 Oct 13:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 6 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 19 · Green, S.A. · -

Unchanged over about 9 hours

Both readings say 0 seats.

1 Oct 13:121 Oct 17:521 Oct 22:32
dibs read 4 of the 10 hours plotted, 40%, and did not look in 6.Seats from 1 Oct 13:12 to 1 Oct 22:32, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 6 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 20 · Yao, J. · -

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 4 hours ago. Over less than a minute before that, unchanged.

Both readings say 0 seats.

1 Oct 19:421 Oct 19:42 · 4 hours ago
1 hour plotted. dibs read it.Seats from 1 Oct 19:42 to 1 Oct 19:42, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. Every hour plotted carries a read, so a count that did not move here was checked and did not move.
How readings and alerts work

A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.

Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.

The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.