BCS 110: Lecture Schedule
Only students who are enrolled in the course may access the readings online. You must be logged
into Blackboard to download the course readings.
Following each lecture, presentation notes and slides will be made available on the BCS website. Notes are not intended to be a substitute for class attendance or reading.
The following schedule is tentative, depending on the amount of material covered in each class.
| Date |
Topic |
Pinel Readings |
| 01/17 |
Introduction |
Ch 1, 2, 5 |
| 01/22 |
Cells of the Nervous System |
Ch 3 |
| 01/24 |
Neural Conduction |
Ch 4 |
| 01/29 |
Synaptic Transmission |
Ch 4 |
| 01/31 |
Neurotransmitters |
Ch 4 |
| 02/05 |
Nervous System Anatomy |
Ch 3 |
| 02/07 |
Nervous System Organization |
Ch 3 |
| 02/12 |
MIDTERM EXAM 1 |
| 02/14 |
Visual System |
Ch 6 |
| 02/19 |
Visual Processing |
Ch 6 |
| 02/21 |
Auditory System |
Ch 7 |
| 02/26 |
Somatosensory System |
Ch 7 |
| 02/28 |
Chemical Senses |
Ch 7 |
| 03/05 |
MIDTERM EXAM 2 |
| 03/07 |
Attention & Spatial Perception |
Ch 7 |
| 03/12 |
Spring Break: No Class |
|
| 03/14 |
Spring Break: No Class |
|
| 03/19 |
Movement |
Ch 8 |
| 03/21 |
Learning & Memory |
Ch 11 |
| 03/26 |
Language & Speech |
Ch 16 |
| 03/28 |
Hormones & Sex |
Ch 13 |
| 04/02 |
Nervous System Development |
Ch 9 |
| 04/04 |
Neuroplasticity & Brain Injury |
Ch 10 |
| 04/09 |
MIDTERM EXAM 3 |
| 04/11 |
Basic Motivations |
Ch 12 & 14 |
| 04/16 |
Complex Motivation & Reward |
Ch 15 |
| 104/18 |
Drugs of Abuse & Addiction |
Ch 15 |
| 04/23 |
Stress & Emotion |
Ch 17 |
| 04/25 |
Behavioral & Psychiatric Disorders |
Ch 18 |
| 04/30 |
Morality, Ethics & Decision Making |
|
| 05/10 |
FINAL EXAM, 8:30 AM |
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