Prerequisites:BIO 103 and BIO 104, MATH 213, CHEM 301, Recommended: BIO 200 and BIO 325 Requirement Fulfillment:Fulfills a course requirement in the Biology Core Concentration This survey of the fundamental ideas of neuroscience examines four major topics: i) the molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology of neurons and synapses; ii) development and evolution of the major sensory and motor pathways in vertebrates; iii) information processing in the visual system; and iv) artificial neural networks. Students will carry out a number of experiments using either computer simulations or live material (earthworms).
