We will cover a variety of foundational and contemporary issues in human neuroscience, and will engage in discussion of scientific methods and techniques used to investigate the relationship between brain function and cognition. The course will primarily emphasize higher cognitive and emotional function (cognitive and affective neuroscience) and the neurobehavioral underpinnings of psychopathology in humans (clinical neuroscience). Laboratory sections will supplement lecture and reading topics with demonstrations and experience with neuropsychological, cognitive neuroscience, and psychophysiological research techniques. The laboratory portion of this course strongly stresses experimental design and data analysis. However, we also get to play with brains. Brains are cool.
- Teacher: Todd Watson
In this course, you will gain an understanding of descriptive statistics (used to summarize data) and inferential statistics (used to test hypotheses and draw conclusions). You will learn to apply the principles learned during the course to not only to better understand psychology and other fields of scientific research, but also to understand how statistics are used (and sometimes abused) in daily life. Topics will include the properties of numerical distributions, measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and a tiny bit on nonparametric statistical techniques. I also promise that all these words will make sense by the end of the semester. In addition, you will gain experience using statistical software (SPSS) to analyze and display research data. Finally, you will gain experience in presenting research findings in American Psychological Association (APA) format.
- Teacher: Todd Watson
Development of reading and speaking skills at the, postintermediate level. Introduction to the, language of the Russian press. Learning reading, techniques and strategies, expanding vocabulary,, and improving ability to discuss social and, cultural issues of contemporary society. Topics, may include education, the arts, religion, crime,, economy, ecology, gender roles, other social, issues. May be taken twice for credit with change, of topic.
Explores enduring works, questions, and ideas in the liberal arts tradition. The common works in the fall semester change every year. Past fall, sections have included selections from the Bible, as well as works by Plato, Virgil, and Freud. Themes and topics vary by section.
- Teacher: Ian McDonald
Introduction to major historical shifts in the, relationship(s) between humans and their, environment from prehistoric times to the present., Focuses particularly on Asia, Europe, and North, America and covers such topics as the invention of, agriculture, shifting conceptions and portrayals, of nature, the exchange of biota between, continents, responses to natural disasters, the, ecological impact of the industrial revolution,, and the 20th-century environmental movement., Exploration of the social, cultural, and political, dimensions of environmental change through the, work of environmental historians and a wide range, of primary sources, including literature, artwork,, philosophical texts, government documents,, newspaper articles, and scientific data.
- Teacher: Andrew Bernstein