INTRODUCTORY NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic organization and function of the human nervous system. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Summarize the neural circuits and mechanisms that govern how we sense, move, feel and think. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how sensory information is encoded in neural signals used in the generation of motor behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the nature of information processing important for human motor behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss how experience modifies brain circuitry. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply the basic knowledge and neuroscientific concepts that are taught in the course to human health, wellness and disease. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic organization and function of the human nervous system. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Summarize the neural circuits and mechanisms that govern how we sense, move, feel and think. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how sensory information is encoded in neural signals used in the generation of motor behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the nature of information processing important for human motor behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss how experience modifies brain circuitry. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply the basic knowledge and neuroscientific concepts that are taught in the course to human health, wellness and disease. Audience: Undergraduate