PSY 206 Behavioral Neuroscience (3 credits)

This course will introduce students to the functioning and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Topics to be covered will include: sensory and motor systems, sleep and other biological rhythms, neurological and psychiatric disorders, emotion, learning and memory, behavioral endocrinology, ingestive behavior, and reproductive behavior. Prerequisites: A declared Behavioral Neuroscience minor, or the permission of the director of the Behavioral Neuroscience minor; and PSY 361.

(This course is an elective that can also be used to satisfy the requirements of the Behavioral Neuroscience minor. Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101.)