Principles of Neuroscience with Lab

CAS NE 203

  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Teamwork/Collaboration
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Fundamentals of the nervous system, emphasizing synaptic transmission; hierarchical organization; automatic nervous system; mechanisms of sensory perception; reflexes and motor function; biorhythms; and neural mechanisms of feeding, mating, learning, and memory. Project labs focus on abehavioral neurobiology through inquiry-based experiments. Lecture portion meets with CAS BI 325. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy, Teamwork/Collaboration.