Neuroscience: Exploring Neuroscience

In-depth survey of neuroscience topics, including neuron function, the anatomical and functional organization of the nervous system, and diseases of the nervous system. No laboratory. Credit not awarded for both NSCI 2100 and NSCI 2105. Prerequisites: PSYS 1400; BIOL 1400, BIOL 1450; or BCOR 1400, BCOR 1450; or BIOL 1000, BIOL 1005; or BIOL 1000, BCOR 1425; or ANPS 1190, ANPS 1200. Co-requisite: CHEM 1400.

Prerequisites enforced by the system: PSYS 1400, and one of the following: BIOL 1400/1450, BCOR 1400/1450, BIOL 1000/1005, BIOL 1000/BCOR 1425, or ANPS 1190/1200. Pre-/Co-requisite: CHEM 1400. Neuroscience majors or minors. This section is lecture-only - for the lab version of this course, see NSCI 2100. Colocated with NSCI 2100 A. PACE students by permission and override.

Note: This course without lab is intended for students wishing to take Exploring Neuroscience to fulfill credits for a BA, minor or other purposes. BS Neuroscience majors should take the NSCI 2100 course with the lab, which is also open to BA Neuroscience majors. The goal of this course is to provide students with a foundation in the basic principles of how nervous systems produce behavior. This will include an interdisciplinary survey of the broad field of neuroscience, leading to the understanding of relationships between nervous system structure and function, from the cellular and molecular levels to the behavioral and cognitive levels, including an introduction to methodologies in neuroscience. Topics covered range from neuron structure and synaptic communication to sensory systems, learning and memory, and motivated behaviors. Course goals and objectives include: 1. Identify and summarize key concepts in neuroscience 2. Conceptualize the fundamental relationships between nervous system structure and function 3. Strengthen scientific reading and writing skills a. Familiarization with methodologies b. Acquisition of fluency in the language of neuroscience c. Distinction between a primary research article, review article, and other types of scientific writing

Students will learn to build a foundational understanding of neuroscience, strengthening fluency in the scientific language and scientific writing skills. Students should expect to spend approximately 6 hours per week outside of class (per University guidelines for a 3-credit course) on textbook reading, analysis of articles from the primary literature, and writing assignments. Required materials include: 1. Textbook ISBN: 9781284211283 2. iClicker Student App (free with UVM's site license)

Assignments, projects, research article analysis and discussion. Midterm and final exam.