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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the various theories that focus on the biological causes of a number of mental illnesses including: major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia. A major part of the course will be focused on how the current medications work and what we can learn about the possible cause of the illness based on this information. Cross-listed as PSYC 345.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys what is currently known about the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders and the use of psychoactive drugs to treat them. Starting with the basics of the brain/behavior relationship and principles of pharmacology, we will cover the symptoms and treatment of the affective disorders, anxiety disorders, and the schizophrenias, among others. Also included will be the psychological aspects and pharmacotherapy of the neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease. Cross-listed as PSYC 346.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with how we construct a conception of physical reality from sensory experience. While the primary focus will be on vision and hearing, the chemical senses (taste and smell) the somatosenses (touch, temperature, and vibration) will also be addressed. We will cover the anatomy and physiology of the various sensory receptors, the neural mechanisms of sensation, sensory representation in the brain, as well as the phenomenological experience of perception. Topics will include the ways in which illusions can fool our senses and what they tell us about how our sensory systems work. Cross-listed as PSYC 348.
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3.00 Credits
A course offered periodically, in an area of expertise by a member of the Neuroscience faculty. The course will concentrate on a topical area such as the neural substrates of learning and memory, motivation, epigenetics, neurodegenerative disorders, and neuropsychology. Junior standing. Prerequisite: NEUR 212.
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3.00 Credits
The primary goal of this course is to introduce senior-level Neuroscience students to the major classifi cations of neurological pathology. Students will explore the spectrum of specific neurological diseases and disorders through assigned readings from the text, current published research, and class discussions. Students will be presented with a review of the major aspects of neurological examinations, including the most current technological assessments. Topics to be discussed include dementing and degenerative disorders, demyelinating diseases, neuromuscular diseases and movement disorders, neoplastic and systemic diseases. Seminar format; writing intensive. Prerequisite: NEUR 212 or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An opportunity for a student to engage in independent research in a specific area of Neuroscience. Junior or senior status required, and permission of a supervising department faculty member. Prerequisites: NEUR 212.
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3.00 Credits
The senior seminar is the Neuroscience Program's Senior Integrated Assessment course. Students will engage in original research in a specific area of Neuroscience. The research project will be under the direction of a faculty member, and will include a written thesis and oral presentation. To be taken in the spring semester of the senior year. Prequisite: NEUR 211 and NEUR 220.
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3.00 Credits
Students will engage in research under the direction of a faculty member, and will include a thesis and oral presentation. Normally taken in the spring semester of the junior year or in the senior year.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the empirical methods scientists use to gain knowledge about the world and how this knowledge shapes our human experience. The course offers a study of the scientific approach, its limitations, and what distinguishes science from other approaches to understanding the world. While examining contemporary issues in science, students will learn how scientific observations and data become accepted scientific theories, how controversies are settled, and how science and scientists retain credibility and authority.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the nature of the universe and our place in it. Topics include the nature of astronomy as a science, its historical development, a comparative study of the bodies in our solar system and other solar systems, the life cycle of stars, the large scale structure of the Universe, and the connection between the cosmos and humanity.
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