NSC 401 - CUE: Advanced Seminar in Neuroscience

Course unit(s): 1
Meets requirement: W
Prerequisite(s): Majors will receive permission of the Chair when matriculating as Seniors.
This course serves as a graduate-style seminar for the senior neuroscience major and will stress critical reading and discussion of primary texts, as well as independent research writing. All students complete a novel, comprehensive research grant proposal. Course topics are regularly changed based on faculty interest and timely topics within the field. Past topics have included olfaction and insect foraging behavior; numerical cognition; neuropsychiatric disorders; sleep, dreaming, and meditation; stress; cognitive multitasking; and the physiology of flavor. Three class hours per week.