Fall 2026

Neuropharmacology

Provides a comprehensive review of behavioral neuropharmacology, focusing on methodology and major neurotransmitter systems.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Craig Berridge3.7/5

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Exams are short-answer heavy and challenging, requiring preparation for detailed content.

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(PSYCH 454 or ZOOLOGY/​PSYCH 523) and BOTANY/​BIOLOGY/​ZOOLOGY 152,PSYCH 225, or (BIOCORE 383 and 384)

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.0/5 raw quality · 4.0/5 difficulty · 1 reviews

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Craig Berridge provides detailed content and clearly structured lectures, though slides can be unintuitively organized. He is accommodating and helpful, and exams are challenging but fair. One student reported enjoying the class despite the difficulty.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CRAIG BERRIDGE is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

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Craig Berridge offers a detailed, fair class with challenging short-answer exams and accommodating support, despite occasionally unintuitive slide organization.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.48 GPA, 59.1% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Exams are short-answer heavy and challenging, requiring preparation for detailed content.

Lectures are clearly structured and the instructor is accommodating, though slides can be unintuitively organized initially.

Topics

  • Major neurotransmitter systems
  • Drugs used to treat mental illness
  • Behavioral functions of transmitter systems

Skills

  • Critical evaluation of experimental evidence
  • Methodology in behavioral neuropharmacology

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PSYCH 612 · Fall 2026

Neuropharmacology

Recorded 2026-09-07
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