BCOG 200

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

Introduction to Programming for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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Credit: 4 hours.

Introduction to computer programming concepts and their application to the study of brain and cognitive sciences. The course will teach basic programming concepts in Python, and introduce applications to experiment and game design, data analysis, computational modeling, and simulations.

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BCOG 200 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	69412	Laboratory	A	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	32 Psychology Building	Munupatrula Siddharth, - Sankar, H Uddenberg, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Info: Introduction to computer programming concepts and their application to the study of brain and cognitive sciences. The course will teach basic programming concepts in Python, and introduce applications to experiment and game design, data analysis, computational modeling, and simulations. By the end of the course, students will have developed a piece of software of their choice (e.g., a simple experiment, video game, etc.). Core topics include program design, data wrangling and visualization, reproducible workflows (version control, environments), experiment/game scripting, statistical modeling, and simple machine-learning pipelines. Prior coding experience not required; familiarity with quantitative research methods recommended. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.