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Prerequisites: None 3.2 Identify appropriate applications of
neuroscience knowledge in health, service,
Course Description: education, or business professions.
This course explores the nature of the brain
processes underlying behavior, including Required Textbook and Materials:
consideration of basic neurophysiology and the
physiology of sensation, learning, and emotion.
Brain and Behavior 2nd Edition by Garrett, B.
Sage Publishing
Learning Objectives:
After completing the course, students should be able ISBN 978-1412961004
to:
1.1 Describe the historical development of Exams and Assignments:
neuroscience as a cross-disciplinary science. Exams: There will be three exams during the
1.2 Describe and analyze the contributions of course. Each exam will be worth 25% of your final
anatomical, physiological, behavioral, grade. Material covered on the exams will be taken
pharmacological, developmental, and cell and from the assigned readings and class lectures. The
molecular biological studies to the bases of exams will be in multiple choice formats and are not
neuroscience. accumulative.
1.3 Integrate pathological findings from
psychology, psychiatry, physiology, and clinical
neurology with basic scientific work in the Exam answer forms: Exam System II, Form
neurosciences. 229630 Scantron. Please be sure to bring an exam
1.4 Compare textbook, popular and peer-reviewed form to each exam!
scholarly reports in the neurosciences.
2.1 Apply neuroscience concepts, theories, and
research findings to issues in everyday life.
2.2 Make reasoned arguments about major issues
related to the nervous system.
3.1 Identify and explain why research questions
rather than methods ideally drive advances in the
neurosciences.
Course Portfolio: Attendance:
In order to help you apply what you have learned, you Your performance in this course will be greatly
will be required to create a course portfolio. These influenced by your attendance. Some material
portfolios are designed to help review the material covered in lecture is not covered in the textbook.
and sharpen your thinking about the topic. It also Inclusion of in-class problem sets in your portfolio will
serves to involve you in assessing what you have provide up to 2 additional points added to your final
learned in the course and to help you to further grade.
develop your learning skills. The portfolio will consist
of questions assigned throughout the course. They
will be designed to have you apply and/or reflect on Study Groups:
what you have learned about behavioral I strongly encourage you to form study groups to
neuroscience. The portfolio will be worth 25% of your prepare for the exams. It has been my experience
final grade. A grading rubric will be provided with the that students tend to do better in courses if they were
first portfolio assignment. No late portfolios will be part of a dedicated study group.
accepted! No electronic versions accepted.
June 2 NO CLASS