Graduate Course Offerings

Areas

Area Head

Behavioral Neuroscience Wolgin
Cognitive Hong
Developmental N. Jones
Social/Personality Vallacher
Stats/Quantitative Laursen

 

In consultation with their advisor and the appropriate area head, students may review the FAU course catalog at https://www.fau.edu/registrar/university-catalog/catalog/science/ to determine which courses will fulfill area requirements.

All courses will be offered on the Boca campus unless otherwise noted.

 

Spring 2026

 

Course Instructor Area
PSB 6346  Systems and Integrative Neuroscience Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6058 Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience  Wolgin Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neuroscience of Sleep Vertes Neuroscience
DEP 6930 Social Brain Development Jones Developmental
DEP 6931 Development of Social Cognition Anzures Developmental
EXP 6930  Large Language Models  Barenholtz Cognitive
PSY 6207 Experimental Design II  Wetherell Quantitative
EXP 6930/PSY 6930 Computational Methods in Psych.  Darby Cognitive, Quantitative
PPE 6930 Dynamical Social Psychology Nowak Social/Personality
PPE 6930 Close Relationships Maniaci Social/Personality

Fall 2026

PSB 6345 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience  Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neurobiology of Mental Illness (Jupiter Campus) Pieraut Neuroscience
ISC 5465 Cognitive Neuroscience  Alexander Neuroscience, Cognitive
DEP 6930 Infant Development Wilcox Developmental
DEP 6067 Cognitive Development Anzures Developmental, Cognitive
DEP 6932 Individual Differences in Children's Thinking Bjorklund Developmental, Cognitive
EXP 6930  Seminar in Cognition  Hong Cognitive
SOP 6079 Advanced Social Behavior Vallacher Social/Personality
PSY 6206 Experimental Design 1 Marion Quantitative
PSY 6206L Experimental Design 1 Lab Norstrom Quantitative

Spring 2027

PSB 6346  Systems and Integrative Neuroscience Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neuroscience of Decision Making  Alexander Neuroscience, Cognitive
DEP 6609 Parent-Child Relationships Laursen Developmental
DEP 6930 Monolingual and Bilingual Development Hoff Developmental
DEP 6930 Social Development Korucu Developmental
EXP 6930  Large Language Models Barenholtz Cognitive
EXP 6930  Human Memory Across the Lifespan Darby Cognitive, Developmental
PPE 6930 Models of Social Processes Nowak Social/Personality
PSY 6207 Experimental Design II Maniaci Quantitative
PSY 6930 Structural Equation Modeling Wetherell Quantitative

Fall 2027

PSB 6345 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Vertes Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neurobiology of Mental Illness (Jupiter Campus) Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Computational Neuroscience Alexander Neuroscience, Cognitive, Quantitative
DEP 6931 Development of Social Cognition Anzures Developmental
DEP 6930/PSB 6930 Interpersonal Synchrony Wilcox Developmental
DEP 6610 Evolutionary Developmental Psychology Bjorklund Developmental
EXP 6930  Attention and Awareness   Hong Cognitive
SOP 6079 Advanced Social Behavior Vallacher Social/Personality
PPE 6930 Political Psychology Wetherell Social/Personality
PSY 6206 Experimental Design 1  Marion Quantitative
PSY 6206L Experimental Design 1 Lab Norstrom Quantitative
PSY 6930 Multilevel Modeling  Maniaci Quantitative

Spring 2028

PSB 6346  Systems and Integrative Neuroscience Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6058 Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience  Wolgin Neuroscience
PSB 6516 Developmental Neuropsychology  Rosselli Neuroscience, Developmental
PSB 6930 Neuroscience of Sleep Vertes Neuroscience
DEP 6930 Peer Relationships Laursen Developmental
PSY 6930 Scientific Writing Hoff Elective
EXP 6930  Large Language Models  Barenholtz Cognitive
PPE 6930 Adult Close Relationships Maniaci  Social/Personality
PPE 6930 Dynamical Social Psychology Nowak Social/Personality
PSY 6207 Experimental Design II  Wetherell Quantitative
EXP 6930/PSY 6930 Computational Methods in Psych. Darby Cognitive, Quantitative

Fall 2028

PSB 6345 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Vertes Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neurobiology of Mental Illness (Jupiter Campus) Pieraut Neuroscience
ISC 5465 Cognitive Neuroscience  Alexander Neuroscience, Cognitive
DEP 6930 Infant Development Wilcox Developmental
DEP 6067 Cognitive Development Anzures Cognitive, Developmental
DEP 6932 Individual Differences in Children's Thinking Bjorklund Developmental, Cognitive
EXP 6930  Seminar in Human Perception  Hong Cognitive 
SOP 6079 Advanced Social Behavior Vallacher Social/Personality
PSY 6206 Experimental Design 1  Marion Quantitative
PSY 6206L Experimental Design 1 Lab  Norstrom Quantitative

Spring 2029

PSB 6346  Systems and Integrative Neuroscience Pieraut Neuroscience
PSB 6930 Neuroscience of Decision Making  Alexander Neuroscience, Cognitive
PSB 6930 Neuroscience of Sleep Vertes Neuroscience
PSY 6930 Longitudinal Design Laursen Developmental, Quantitative
DEP 6930 Monolingual and Bilingual Development Hoff Developmental
DEP 6930 Social Development Korucu Developmental
EXP 6930  Large Language Models Barenholtz Cognitive
EXP 6930  Human Memory Across the Lifespan  Darby Cognitive, Developmental
PPE 6930 Dynamical Social Psychology Nowak Social/Personality
PSY 6207 Experimental Design II  Maniaci Quantitative
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