PSB - PSYCHOBIOLOGY

PSB 2948 Service Learning Field Study I . . . . . 1-3(Variable)
Placement in community agency or other social organizational setting related to field of study. Supervision by faculty and agency. Students and faculty "customize" courses to fit a full range of services that are available in the setting. Student must be able to draw correlation between the discipline and field study. Journal and reflective experience paper are required. With the agreement of the student's faculty sponsor, a minimum of 4-6 hours per week must be done at the field site per semester hour of credit.

PSB 3948 Service Learning Field Study II . . . . . 1-3(Variable)
Placement in community agency or other social organizational setting related to field of study. Supervision by faculty and agency. Students and faculty "customize" courses to fit a full range of services that are available in the setting. Student must be able to draw correlation between the discipline and field study. Journal and reflective experience paper are required. With the agreement of the student's faculty sponsor, a minimum of 4-6 hours per week must be done at the field site per semester hour of credit.

PSB 4003 Brain, Behavior and Experience . . . . . 3(3,0)
Introduction to the brain and its relationship to behavior and experience. Topics covered: structure and function of the nervous and endocrine systems, sensation/perception, emotion and motivation, thinking and consciousness, learning and memory, malfunctions of the mind.

PSB 4731 Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior . . . . . 3(3,0)
Study of biological and sociocultural determinants of sexual development throughout the human life span. Special emphasis is given to sexual orientation, sexual preference, sexual variance, and purported gender differences. Prerequisite: PSY 2013, DEP 2XXX (Human Development Across the Life Span), PSB 4003 or 3sh biology.

PSB 5035 Advanced Biological Psychology . . . . . 3(3,0)
Biological bases of behavior and cognition. Advanced study of the structure and function of the nervous and endocrine systems as related to: emotion, motivation, learning, memory, language, thought, sleep and psychopathology, as well as other topics.

PSB 6089 Brain and Mind: Fact and Fantasy . . . . . 3(3,0)
Seminar focusing on controversial issues in psychobiology of human information processing. Topics typically covered concern the relationship between the brain and consciousness, intelligence, memory and other mental processes.


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July 1998