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The Workings of the Human Brain: From Brain to Behavior

Program(s): Summer College, Undergraduate Courses

*Taught Online*  This course examines how the brain generates behavior.  Topics covered include the organization of the nervous system, the mechanisms by which the brain translates external stimuli into electrical and chemical signals to initiate or modify behavior, and the neurological bases of learning, memory, sleep, cognition, drug addiction, and neurological disorders.

Remote or Residential

✓ Remote Course

 

Course Considerations

High school students taking this undergraduate biology course should have completed advanced biology coursework that would be considered equivalent to a college-level introductory biology course (e.g. AP Biology).

For UChicago students:  The prerequisite is BIOS 10130 or BIOS 10140.  This course qualifies as a topics course for the BIOS general education requirement for non-majors. This course is not intended for biological sciences majors, neuroscience majors, or students fulfilling requirements for admission into heath professions graduate programs. 

Course Overview

Start Date

June 10

End Date

June 28

Current Grade / Education Level

11th Grade
12th Grade
Undergrad / Grad

Program

Summer College
Undergraduate Courses

Class Details

Course Code

BIOS 14112 91

Class Day(s)

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

Class Duration (CST)

9:30

11:30 A.M.

Session

Session I

Course Length

3 weeks

Primary Instructor

Megan McNulty-White

Academic Interest

Biological Sciences