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
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
End Date
June 28
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Class Duration (CST)
11:30 A.M.