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Classes
BIONB 1220
Course Description
The First-Year Writing Seminar is about introducing concepts in neuroscience and behavior and writing extensively about them. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:The Mind:From the Biological to the Artificial
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- MWF Corson-Mudd W364
Instructors
Post, R
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Wandering Naturalists:Value of Cont Ramblings
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- TR Corson-Mudd W364
Instructors
Keen, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
BIONB 2210
Course Description
General introduction to the field of animal behavior. Topics include evolution and behavior, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, chemical ecology, communication, orientation and navigation. BIONB2210 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIONB 2210
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall G01
Instructors
Dietz, S
Shaw, K
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses. Priority is given to students studying neurobiology and behavior. Not open to freshmen. May be taken independently of BIONB 2220. Enrollment limited to 15 students per 4-credit disc. Four-credit option required of students in neurobiology and behavior program of study. Three credits with no discussion section; 4 credits with one disc per week and writing assignments.
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIONB 2210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall G01
Instructors
Dietz, S
Shaw, K
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses. Priority is given to students studying neurobiology and behavior. Not open to freshmen. May be taken independently of BIONB 2220. Enrollment limited to 15 students per 4-credit disc. Four-credit option required of students in neurobiology and behavior program of study. Three credits with no discussion section; 4 credits with one disc per week and writing assignments.
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- T Corson-Mudd W358
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- T Corson-Mudd W358
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- T Corson-Mudd W364
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- T Corson-Mudd W358
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- W Corson-Mudd W358
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- W Corson-Mudd W364
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- R Corson-Mudd W358
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BIONB 3220
Course Description
Covers comparative and evolutionary approaches to the study of the relationship between reproductive hormones and sexual behavior in vertebrates, including humans. Also hormonal contributions to other ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PSYCH 3220, PSYCH 7220
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Uris Hall 202
Instructors
Ophir, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: Any one of the following: Psych 2230, NB2210, NB 2220 or one year of introductory biology plus a course in psychology.
Department Consent Required (Add)
BIONB 3240
Course Description
This course is designed to provide an introduction to experimental research on the neural basis of behavior and cognition in animals. Topics will include basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, neural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PSYCH 3240, PSYCH 6240
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
BIONB 3300
Course Description
Covers the basic ideas and techniques involved in computational neuroscience. Surveys diverse topics, including neural dynamics of small networks of cells, neural coding, learning in neural networks and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIONB 3300, BME 3300, COGST 3300, PSYCH 3300
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Caldwell Hall 100
Instructors
Linster, C
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Additional Information
BIONB 2220 or permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Laboratory optional. Combined with: BIONB 3300, BME 3300, COGST 3300, PSYCH 3300
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Caldwell Hall 100
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Linster, C
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Additional Information
BIONB 2220 or permission of instructor.
BIONB 3950
Course Description
Focuses on how different molecular and genetic approaches have led to major advances in neuroscience. Lectures, student presentations, and discussions examine original research articles. Topics include ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
Instructors
Deitcher, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 or BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3320.
BIONB 4200
Course Description
Courses on selected topics in neurobiology and behavior; can include lecture and seminar courses. Topics vary by section; see Class Roster. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Animal Migration, Navigation & homing: Sense Aspec
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- R Corson-Mudd W364
Instructors
Walcott, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: Prior course in biology. In this class we will consider what cues animals use to orient. Orientation may be over short distances, like a mite trying to find the ear of a moth, or long distance as in an Arctic tern’s 48,000 mile yearly travels.
BIONB 4220
Course Description
Intensive lecture and computer lab course on modeling strategies and techniques in the study of behavioral evolution. Population-genetic (including quantitative-genetic), static optimization, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
Instructors
Reeve, H
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIONB 2210, one year of calculus, course in probability or statistics, or permission of instructor. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
BIONB 4320
Course Description
Almost all behaviors-from speech to a cross court forehand-are mediated by the contraction of muscles. This course examines the neural origins of motor behavior, from simple reflexes to complex learned ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Corson-Mudd A106
Instructors
Goldberg, J
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Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 or ECE 2100 and permission of instructor. Please send a brief statement of your interest in the class and what year you will be in Fall 2018 (e.g., senior, junior) to jhg285.
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BIONB 4330
Course Description
A course examining the core disciplines of cognitive science using varied themes from semester to semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4310, PSYCH 4320
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inconvenient Truths: A Realistic Look at Human Nat
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- M Uris Hall 494
Instructors
Edelman, S
BIONB 4700
Course Description
Overview of the diversity of modern biophysical experimental techniques used in the study of biophysical systems at the cellular and molecular level. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AEP 4700, BME 5700, VETMM 4700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Physical Sciences Building 120
Instructors
Lambert, G
BIONB 4980
Course Description
Designed to give qualified undergraduate students teaching experience through actual involvement in planning and assisting in biology courses. This experience may include supervised participation in a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
BIONB 7200
Course Description
Designed to provide several study groups each semester on specialized topics. A group may meet for whatever period is judged adequate to enable coverage of the selected topics. Discussion of current literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Fundamentals of Behavioral Network Function
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- W Corson-Mudd A305
Instructors
Harris-Warrick, R
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Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 AND permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: 15 graduate students and upper-level undergraduates. Interested students should contact Prof. Harris-Warrick (rmh4), who will provide an enrollment code, if appropriate. Description: Networks that drive behavior are formed from neurons with complex intrinsic electrophysiological properties, connected by synapses that are highly plastic and variable. This course will read literature and discuss how these networks drive flexible behavior, at a cellular level of analysis. Topics include: using combinations of ion channels to build neurons with different firing properties; principles of network connectivity; mechanisms shaping different components of the behavior (ex., intensity, phasing, rhythm); modulatory inputs and plasticity mechanisms driving variable output from an anatomically fixed network; and evolution of neural networks. Examples will include Central Pattern Generators for locomotion and respiration, as well as other systems in vertebrates and invertebrates of the students’ choice.
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BIONB 7201
Course Description
A weekly journal club-style discussion. Graduate students may be expected to present a summary of their research or a summary of research in the literature related to their thesis once per year. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Corson-Mudd W358
Instructors
Shaw, K
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Additional Information
Permission of instructor is required for undergraduates.
BIONB 7202
Course Description
A weekly journal club-style discussion. Graduate students may be expected to present a summary of their research or a summary of research in the literature related to their thesis once per year. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- F Corson-Mudd A305
Instructors
Fetcho, J
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Additional Information
Permission of instructor is required for undergraduates.
BIONB 7210
Course Description
Designed to assist students in mapping their graduate careers and in choosing and pursuing transformative and tractable thesis topics. The core of the course will be open-ended discussions directed by ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
BIONB 7640
Course Description
Group intensive study of current research in plant-insect interactions. Topics vary from semester to semester but include chemical defense, coevolution, insect community structure, population regulation, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOEE 7640, ENTOM 7640
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)