COGS 104 Introduction to Neuroscience

This course provides a basic introduction to the nervous system [for students with little or no experience in this area]. It will include an introduction to how nerve and glial cells contribute to different brain functions. Brain structures and systems and how they act to produce sensory experience thought emotion and memory will also be covered. Other topics might include: factors that affect embryonic development of the nervous system and the effect of drugs environmentstress education and age on the brain. This course is not open to students who have taken BIO 333 COGS 320 KINE 301 or PSYC 322.