NEUR2020 Neuroscience for Psychologists (University of Queensland): rated 2.7/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 9 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
NEUR2020 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences in Neuroscience. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 心理学家神经科学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Neuroscience
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
All psychological phenomena are based in the brain and nervous system. This course overviews the rapidly expanding discipline of neuroscience as relevant to psychologists.
NEUR2020 has 9 scored reviews: overall 2.7/5 · usefulness 0.0 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UQ students on UQ Wall (5.0/5 overall); 8 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.4/5).
On Reddit: "I’m in first year biomed and did it for my first semester. The content itself isn’t that hard, the essay does get marked pretty harshly though. I think the course was still pretty fun tho and doable with minimal effort like the final is only worth 15% and everything is open book."
On Reddit: "Tbf neur2020 is hard regardless of the lecturer. I took it last year so I can’t comment on the current lecturer"
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is NEUR2020 hard?
A: Students rate NEUR2020's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is NEUR2020 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 9 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 0.0/5, overall 2.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches NEUR2020, and when is it offered?
A: NEUR2020 is taught by the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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