Electives

Please be advised study abroad at St. Andrews affords some elective credits.

Freshman Seminars

NBB 190 - Freshman Seminars

Variable topics of special interest in the field of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Any of these NBB 190 Courses will satisfy the New General Education requirement and will also count as an NBB elective.

Here is a list of Seminars that have been offered in the past:
Mammalian Intelligence, Human-Dolphin Interaction, Chemistry of Drugs and the Brain, Computer Intelligence, Mismeasure of Woman/Mismeasure of Man.

NBB Electives

NBB 221 - Research Methods in Neuroscience

The focus will be to educate students in the scientific method: generating testable hypotheses, sampling ( observational and experimental), randomization, and control techniques. Students will also learn the basic statistical vocabulary. Then, the most frequently used statistical hypothesis tests in neuroscience will be covered. Real data sets will be analyzed using statistical computer packages. This course will be required of all NBB majors taking NBB 498R/499R and of NBB Honors program students.

NBB 222WR - Communication in the Neurosciences

The focus will be to extend basic understanding of the scientific method, as a process that actually produces a product. The course will be structured so that the elements of scientific writing, publication, and presentation are introduced in the classroom.

Prerequisites: NBB 221 or by permission of instructor. This course fulfills a post-freshman writing requirement.

NBB 321 - Behavioral Neuroendocrinology of Sex (Same as Psychology 321)

Spring. Explores hormonal contributions to the development and expression of gender and sexual behavior in animals and humans.

NBB 361WR - Project Lab in Neurobiology

A course in experimental neuroscience designed for juniors who may be interested in research and which provides an introduction to current concepts, analytical methods, and laboratory techniques.

Prerequisites: Biology 360 or permission of instructor

NBB 414SWR - Brain and Cognitive Development (Same as Psychology 414)

Spring. The course examines developmental changes in brain function and organization linked to different aspects of sensory, language, and non-language cognitive processes during the first three years of life.

NBB 424 - Neuropathology

The primary focus of this course will be to provide an overview of the organic foundations of selected neurological disorders. The first part of the course will be an introduction to the functional neuroanatomy of the "normal" brain. The second part of the course will introduce some clinical aspects related to damage/degeneration in these areas; such as stroke, ischemia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Epilepsy, amnesias/dementias paying attention to traditional neuropsychological assessment/tests that differentiate among them.

NBB 425 - Brain Imaging

This course will focus on the application of imaging technology to the study of brain function and anatomy. We will cover the history of the development of brain imaging methods, the technical basis for various imaging methods, and learn to apply imaging methods in the realms of both basic and clinical science.

NBB 426S - Drug Development

Spring. Prerequisites: Biology 141 and 142, Chemistry 141 and 142. After introductory biology and chemistry courses. The focus will be drug development, namely the process by which a condition to be treated is identified and then medications are developed, tested, and finally distributed to patients.

NBB 460S - Building Brains (Same as Biology 460S)

Spring. Prerequisites: Biology 141 and 142. Course will explore the current understanding of the mechanisms that regulate development of the nervous system. Topics covered include neurogenesis, axon guidance, programmed cell death, and synapse formation.

NBB 470

Variable topics of special interest in the field of Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology

NBB 495A - Honors Research

Fall, Spring, Summer.Open to senior NBB majors enrolled in the College Honors Program. Honors research in neurobiology/behavior. Registrants atend biweekly meetings to present progress reports of their ongoing research, discuss how to write proposals and papers, and give oral presentations.

Pre/co-requisites: permission of instructor and NBB 221 (Psychology 230 not accepted); cannot be taken concurrently with NBB 497WR or NBB 499R. A maximum of four hours of NBB 495A, 495BWR, 497R, 497WR, or 499R accepted as an elective toward the NBB major.

NBB 495BWR - Honors Research.

Fall, Spring, Summer. Open to senior NBB majors enrolled in the College Honors Program. Honors research in neurobiology/behavior. Registrants attend biweekly meetings to present progress reports of their ongoing research, discuss how to write proposals and papers, and give oral presentations. To receive credit for the course and to satisfy the senior-year writing requirement, a student's thesis must be accepted by the Honors program.

Prerequisites: permission of instructor; NBB 221 (Psychology 230 is not accepted); NBB 495A (with permission of instructor, may substitute NBB 499R). Cannot be taken concurrently with NBB 499R; may not receive credit for NBB 495BWR and 497WR under the direction of the same faculty mentor. A maximum of four hours of NBB 495A, 495BWR, 497R, 497WR, or 499R accepted as an elective toward the NBB major.

NBB 497R - Supervised Reading

Fall, Spring, Summer. Credit, one to four hours. Independent, faculty-mentored research; designed as a prelude to conducting laboratory research under the same mentor.

Prerequisite: permission of instructor; cannot be taken concurrently with NBB 497WR. A maximum of four hours of NBB 495A, 495BWR, 497R, 497WR, or 499R accepted as an elective toward the NBB major.

NBB 497WR - Supervised Writing

Fall, Spring, Summer. Independent, faculty-mentored research and writing, with major writing assignment(s) accounting for at least 60% of the grade

Prerequisite: permission of instructor; cannot be taken concurrently with NBB 497R; may not receive credit for NBB 497WR and 495BWR under the direction of the same faculty mentor. A maximum of four hours of NBB 495A, 495BWR, 497R, 497WR, or 499R accepted as an elective toward the NBB major.

NBB 499R - Undergraduate Research

Fall, Spring, Summer. Credit, one to four hours. Up to eight hours may be taken, but a maximum of four hours of NBB 495A, 495BWR, 497R, 497WR, or 499R accepted as an elective toward the NBB major. Independent research in neurobiology/behavior. Registrants attend biweekly meetings to present progress reports of their ongoing research, discuss how to write proposals and papers, and give oral presentations

Prerequisites: permission of instructor; for enrollment in a second semester NBB 221 (Psychology 230 not accepted); cannot be taken concurrently with NBB 495A, 495BWR, or 497WR.

Anthropology

ANT 210 - Human Biology: A Life Cycle Approach
ANT 260 - Psychological Anthropology
ANT 301 - Sex and Evolution
ANT 302 - Primate Behavior and Ecology
ANT 303 - Modern Human Origins
ANT 304 - Primate Social Psychology (same as PSYC 325)
ANT 305 - Human Behavioral Biology
ANT 306 - Primate Mating Strategies
ANT 307 - Human Evolution
ANT 308 - Evolution of Social Behavior
ANT 309S - Seminar in Primate Behavior
ANT 310 - Communicastion in Primates
ANT 311 - Nutritional Anthropology
ANT 312 - Human Skeletal Biology
ANT 313 - Human Development in Biocultural Perspective
ANT 321 - Anthropology of Human Reproduction
ANT 323 - Sex Differences: Biological Bases
ANT 333 - Disease and Behavior
ANT 334 - Evolutionary Medicine
ANT 361 - Symbolic Anthropology
ANT 385 - Evolution of Human Brain and Mind

Biology

BIOL 143 - General Genetics, with Laboratory
BIOL 301 - Introductory Biochemistry I (cross-listed with CHEM 301)
BIOL 302 - Introductory Biochemistry I (cross-listed with CHEM 302)
BIOL 320 - Animal Behavior (cross-listed with PSYC 320)
BIOL 325 - Primate Social Psychology
BIOL 336 OR 346 - Human Physiology OR Honors Human Physiology
BIOL 341 - Evolutionary Biology
BIOL 348 - Mechanisms of Animal Behavior
BIOL 358 - Evolutionary Perspectives on Behavior

BIOL 440S - Animal Communication (BIOL 440S)
BIOL 450 - Computational Neuroscience
BIOL 475 - The Biology of The Eye

Psychology

PSYC 103 - Brain and Behavior
PSYC 209 - Perception and Action
PSYC 215 - Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 302 - Human Learning and Memory
PSYC 303 - Evolution of Acquired Behavior
PSYC 309 - Brain and Language
PSYC 313 - Neuropsychology and Developmental Disabilities
PSYC 320 - Animal Behavior
PSYC 321 - Behavioral Neuroendocrinology of Sex (cross-listed with NBB 321)
PSYC 322 - Biological Bases of Learning and Memory
PSYC 323 - Drugs and Behavior
PSYC 325 - Primate Social Psychology (same as ANT 325)
PSYC 335 - Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 383 - Neuropsychology and Cognition
PSYC 410 - Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology
PSYC 415 - Sleep and Dreaming
PSYC 420 - Psychobiology of Visual Perception

PSYC 425 - Brain Imaging
PSYC 440 - Animal Communication
PSYC 474S - Brain & Cognitive Development
PSYC 475S - Introduction to Human Neuropsychology

Additional NBB Electives

CHEM 301 - Introductory Biochemistry I (cross-listed with BIOL 301)
CHEM 302 - Introductory Biochemistry I (cross-listed with BIOL 302)
PHIL 205 - Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 350 - Philosophy of Science
PHIL 360 - Philosophy of the Mind
PHIL 482 - Philosophy of Medicine