The Visual System
MIT's graduate seminar grounds students in visual science by examining how the primate visual system processes information. The course draws on anatomical, neurophysiological, imaging, and behavioral research to build a working model of visual processing, from retina to cortex. Materials on MIT OpenCourseWare include readings, lecture topics, and assignments aimed at future researchers who want to understand the visual system well enough to use it as a model in their own work. The course is pitched at an advanced level, assuming background in neuroscience, and treats primary research literature directly rather than a simplified textbook overview. No certificate is offered, consistent with MIT OpenCourseWare's open publication of course materials rather than a fully instructed class.