NRO 250 - Principles of Neuroscience, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite/Corequisite: C- or better in BIO 121 or instructor permission

An introduction to the study of the brain and behavior. The brain is the only organ that studies itself. In this course students will become familiar with recent advances in the growing field of Neuroscience as they consider how their brains work and how the nervous system grows, perceives, controls the body, sleeps, ages and responds to damage and disease.