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Course Descriptions

Course Numbering System

The following lists include all courses normally offered at Albion College. However, not all courses are offered every year. When possible, courses offered in alternate years are designated. For details, students should consult the Class Schedule for each semester, available online at: www.albion.edu/registrar. The College reserves the right to add or withdraw courses without prior announcement, as conditions may require.

Unless otherwise stated, 100 level courses are intended for freshmen, 200 level for sophomores, 300 and 400 level for juniors and seniors.

A list of courses which meet the core and category requirements, organized by departments, is available online at www.albion.edu/registrar.

Further information may be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building.
 

Neuroscience
  

  • NEUR 241: Fundamentals of Behavioral Neuroscience

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: PSYC 101  or permission of instructor.
    An introduction to brain structure and function. Emphasis on the way the nervous system is organized to process information, construct representation of the world and generate adaptive behavior. Lecture, discussion, dissection. Same as PSYC 241 . Jechura, Keyes, Wilson.
  

  • NEUR 242: Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisites: NEUR 241  and BIOL 195 , or permission of instructor.
    An introduction to neuroscience with emphasis at the cellular and molecular levels. Covers structure and function of neurons and glial cells, electrical and chemical synapses, neurotransmitters, aspects of vision, axon guidance and outgrowth, energy metabolism in the brain, and the hormones and brain regions that affect eating activity and behavior. Albertson.
  

  • NEUR 391: Internship

    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • NEUR 392: Internship

    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • NEUR 401: Seminar

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Staff.
  

  • NEUR 402: Seminar

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Staff.
  

  • NEUR 411: Directed Study

    (1/2 Unit)
    Staff.
  

  • NEUR 412: Directed Study

    (1 Unit)
    Staff.