BIO-100D Explorations in Biology: Neurobiology and Animal Behavior.
A thematic course exploring five fundamental features of all biological systems, including organization, information flow, energy and matter, interactions, and evolution. An interdisciplinary study exploring the general principles of the function and organization of nervous systems. Topics include the physical and chemical bases for action potentials, synaptic transmission, and sensory transduction with a special emphasis on a comparative approach to the study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Offered
Fall
Notes
Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. Not open to students who have taken Bio 101, 102 or any other Explorations in Biology course. Admission of non-first year students with permission of the instructor.