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01:830:310

Neuropsychology

PSYCHOLOGY

School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
credits
3
Core
None listed
Typical seasons
Fall, Spring, Summer
Fall 2026 sections
1
Open snapshot
1 open in snapshot

Course guide

AI-generated overview

Course fingerprint 10 AI-generated signals

Difficulty

4/5
Why

The published course scope—a psychology course connecting brain structure/function, injury and disease, assessment, rehabilitation, and clinical controversies—sets the conceptual and/or technical challenge; the score is a cautious synthesis of that scope and its prerequisites.

Workload

3/5
Why

The official format is a survey course with instructor-specific syllabus and assessment details; the department lists multiple recent section syllabi; that structure indicates the likely work pattern, while exact weekly time depends on the section.

Pacing

4/5
Why

The course covers a psychology course connecting brain structure/function, injury and disease, assessment, rehabilitation, and clinical controversies within one undergraduate term or sequence, so students should expect the listed concepts to build on one another quickly.

Projects

2/5
Why

Official materials emphasize a survey course with instructor-specific syllabus and assessment details; the department lists multiple recent section syllabi; there is no clearly documented long build-style project requirement in the evidence reviewed.

Exams

4/5
Why

The official course materials reviewed do not publish a universal grading breakdown, so this signal is conservative and section-dependent.

Math

1/5
Why

Formal math is limited; quantitative reasoning is mainly interpreting assessment evidence, clinical data, and research findings.

Memorization

4/5
Why

The course requires students to retain disciplinary terminology and linked processes; its official framing also calls for applying or interpreting those ideas, so the score is not a pure rote-memory estimate.

Abstraction

4/5
Why

The course asks students to reason about models, mechanisms, or structured applications, moving beyond isolated facts while staying tied to its disciplinary applications.

Prerequisites

3/5
Why

The published preparation is the prerequisites or foundation described by the department; gaps in that preparation are likely to increase the difficulty of the listed work.

Reading

3/5
Why

The source set describes lectures, practical work, and instructor-provided materials rather than a fixed heavy-reading requirement; section-specific reading may differ.

Topic breakdown

A practical chapter-by-chapter view from foundations to applications.

5 modules

Module 1

Brain structure and functional organization

The course builds enough neuroanatomical and functional context to interpret changes after injury or disease.

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Basic concept overview

Localization is not isolation

Functions depend on networks and systems even when a lesion has a focal location.

Assessment is pattern-based

A single score rarely explains a person; profiles and context matter.

Plasticity is constrained

Recovery can reflect reorganization, compensation, learning, and task demands.

Clinical claims need evidence

Brain images, tests, and behavior each reveal different parts of the picture.

Things to watch for

Treating one brain area as one behavior

Use network and task context when explaining function.

Equating test performance with a diagnosis

Consider baseline, validity, language, mood, and clinical context.

Overstating recovery or deficit

Separate what the evidence shows from what remains uncertain.

Fall 2026 sections

1 open · Livingston

SectionStatusInstructorMeetingCampus
0113767OpenMAYHEW-TIMMERMAMonday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at LSH A102; Thursday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at LSH A102LSH A102Livingston
cachedSource: Checked-in Rutgers Schedule of Classes snapshotsUpdated when term datasets are refreshedMay be stale

SIRS teaching signals

Historical student surveys

Teaching

4.26

Course quality

4.23

Response rate

39.9%

Coverage

21 offerings · 2014–2025

InstructorOfferingsTeachingQuality
Mayhew, Estelle134.224.17
Mayhew E.44.234.27
Mayhew Estelle34.574.53
Mayhew-Timmerman, Estelle14.004.00

Course stats

Catalog and planning context

Credits

3

Current campuses

Livingston

Current availability

1 open of 1

Catalog terms

Fall, Spring, Summer

Core codes

None listed

Loaded terms

5

Prerequisites

((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (01:830:101))<em> OR </em> ((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (50:830:101))

Degree requirement lists

No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.

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