PSB: Psychobiology Courses

Courses

PSB 4002   Brain, Behavior, and Experience

College of Health, Department of Psychology

3 sh (may not be repeated for credit)

This course introduces students to the brain and its relationship to behavior and experience. Topics covered in this course include: structure and function of the nervous and endocrine systems, sensation/perception, emotion and motivation, thinking and consciousness, learning and memory, and malfunctions of the mind.

PSB 4731   Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior

College of Health, Department of Psychology

3 sh (may not be repeated for credit)
Prerequisite: DEP 2004 AND PSY 2012

This course focuses on biological and sociocultural determinants of sexual development throughout the human life span, with special emphasis given to sexual orientation, sexual preference, sexual variance, and purported gender differences.

PSB 4905   Directed Study

College of Health, Department of Psychology

1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit)

PSB 5035   Cognitive Neuroscience

College of Health, Department of Psychology

3 sh (may not be repeated for credit)

This course examines the biological bases of mind and behavior, including: history and methods of cognitive neuroscience; evolutionary perspectives on cognition; neural substrates of development and motor control; attention and perception; learning and memory; language and consciousness; and cerebral lateralization and specialization.

PSB 5905   Directed Study

College of Health, Department of Psychology

1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit)

PSB 6905   Directed Study

College of Health, Department of Psychology

1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit)