2024 Summer Session C
8 weeks, June 17 - August 9
MCELLBI C64 001 - LEC 001
Exploring the Brain: Introduction to Neuroscience
Meghan Elizabeth Laturney
Class #:13929
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Molecular and Cell Biology
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
6
Enrolled: 36
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 42
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Also offered as:
PSYCH C64
Hours & Workload
4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 10.5 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This course will introduce lower division undergraduates to the fundamentals of neuroscience. The first part of the course covers basic membrane properties, synapses, action potentials, chemical and electrical synaptic interactions, receptor potentials, and receptor proteins. The second part of the course covers networks in invertebrates, memory and learning behavior, modulation, vertebrate brain and spinal cord, retina, visual cortex architecture, hierarchy, development, and higher cortical centers.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for Molecular and Cell Biology/Psychology C64 after taking Molecular and Cell Biology C61/Letters and Science C30W, Molecular and Cell Biology C104, 100A/Chemistry C130, Molecular and Cell Biology 110, 130A, 136, 160, C160/Neuroscience C160, or Integrative Biology 132. Students may remove a deficient grade in Molecular and Cell Biology C64/Psychology C64 after Molecular and Cell Biology 64.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Biological Science, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats