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BioNB 2220

Spring 2020

BioNB 2220 – Introduction to Neuroscience COURSE INFORMATION AND POLICY Please read the following pages carefully as they contain important information about the organization of lectures, discussion sections, office hours, faculty, examinations, and grading policy.

Faculty Contact information posted under “contacts” on Canvas and office hours under “Course Info/Office Hours”. Office Location Email Shelby Dietz, Course Director W141 Mudd Hall SBD3 Andrew Bass W239 Mudd Hall AHB3 Ian Ellwood W263 Mudd Hall ITE2 Jesse Goldberg W121 Mudd Hall JHG285 Bruce Johnson 1134 Comstock Hall BRJ1 Christiane Linster W243 Mudd Hall CL243 Melissa Warden W201 Mudd Hall MRW248 Nilay Yapici W153 Mudd Hall NY96

Graduate Teaching Assistants Ryan Post, Head TA Caitlin Miller Jeff Pea Bhaavya Srivastava Hayden Waller Yating Yang

W211 Mudd Hall W305 Mudd Hall 222 Savage Hall W343 Mudd Hall W343 Mudd Hall W139 Mudd Hall

RJP278 CMH79 JTP239 BS785 WHW84 YY863

Undergraduate Teaching Assistants – see Canvas for study group assignments Isaac Lee, Lead Undergraduate TA (ISL27) Ian Atkinson (ICA8) Longsha Liu (LL566) Fiona Morrison (FJM77)

Alexandra Scharf (AMS667) Madison Smith (MRS358) Prashasti Upadhyay (PU38) Allison Yuan (AY299)

Administrative Assistant Lori Maine, W361 Mudd Hall, LMM8 (phone 4-4300), the course assistant. Please contact her about administrative questions, including section assignments, scheduling exams, grades, and the course website. Ms. Maine is in the office Monday-Friday from 7 AM – 3:15 PM. Course Description Offered every spring. 3 or 4 credits (3 credit is lecture only; 4 credit is lecture plus discussion section). The 4 credit option fulfills the requirements of biology majors choosing the Neurobiology and Behavior Concentration. Sections are limited to 15 students, with preference given to students in the NBB concentration. Not open to freshmen. Prerequisites: 1 year of college level biology for majors and 1 year of chemistry. May be taken independently of BIONB 2210. Location: Uris Hall Room G01. Course Catalog An introduction to neuroscience: the structure and function of the nervous system of humans and other animals. Topics include the cellular and molecular basis for cell signaling, the functions of neurons in communication and in decision making; neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, sensory systems, motor systems, neural development, learning and memory, and other complex brain functions. The course will emphasize how the nervous system is built during development, how it changes with experiences during life, how it functions in normal behavior, and how it is disrupted by injury and disease. Discussion sections will include a dissection of a preserved sheep brain.

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Overall/Learning Goals for this course At the conclusion of this course, a successful student will be able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of core concepts and principles in neuroscience through writing, speaking, and problem solving. 2. Link neuroscience concepts to observations and experiments using the scientific method. 3. Categorize the functions of the major components of the central and peripheral nervous system to the extent they are known. 4. Apply the laws of chemistry and physics to understanding mechanisms of neural activity. 5. Assess how mechanisms of animal and human neural function at multiple scales, from molecules and molecular interactions to interactions of neural circuits and brain pathways. 6. Explain how information is encoded by neurons and neural circuits: describe how perceptions are represented, stored, and recalled for later use in decision making and control of behavior. 7. Interpret modern views of how the nervous system changes with experience, and how it is disrupted by injury and disease. 8. Interpret modern views of how the brain generates complex cognitive functions including communication, emotions, sleep and cognition. Course Credit and Grade Options Offered as 3 or 4 credit options Lecture Only (3 credits). This option is available for students who wish to learn the principles of neuroscience through lectures, readings, and in-class exams. All course materials will be freely available online, although there will be no discussion sections or mini-labs. Choice of Letter Grade or S/U Grade. Minimum passing grade for S/U is C-. Lecture Plus Discussion Section (4 credits): The four-credit option is available for those Biological Sciences majors concentrating in Neurobiology and Behavior, and for anyone wishing to pursue the subject matter in greater depth. In addition to lectures the discussion sections meet once per week for 75 minutes. Letter Grade or S/U; Neurobiology and Behavior concentrators are required to take the course for a letter grade.

Canvas Website: https://canvas.cornell.edu We will make an effort to post all relevant course information on this site. Pay close attention to Canvas for regular announcements. You will need to sign in using your net ID and password for secure materials. Course materials on the secure course website include: PowerPoint slides and audio recordings of each lecture, media (audio, video, flash animations) presented in class, and previous year’s examinations.

Textbook and Lecture Outlines Required Textbook: Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W., Paradiso, M.A. (2015). Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (ISBN: 978-0-7817-7817-6). Lecture Outlines: The lecturers have prepared outlines to accompany their presentations. These are available for download from the course website about a week before each lecture. All students should read the lecture outline in advance of each lecture and complete any required exercises beforehand. Lecture outlines will highlight key points of the lecture. There are also guides to learning objectives and study questions for each topic. The outlines are not a substitute for good lecture notes taken in class, which is the responsibility of each student. The course staff welcomes opportunities to give advice on good note-taking skills and organization.

Active Learning in the Classroom BioNB2220 is a flipped class involving a mixture of formal lecture time with active learning in the classroom. This format requires students to prepare specific materials in advance of each lecture; these could include watching videos, reading specific pages or mastering specific figures in the textbook. You must do this preparation BEFORE each class. In class, that material will not be presented in lecture format. Instead, active learning exercises will be done to test and improve your mastery of the core concepts being covered in that class. This can include multiple-choice iClicker questions, where you key in your answer to a question, followed by class discussion; discussion questions, where all students discuss possible answers in small groups

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before an open class discussion of possible answers; and other enrichment activities. This teaching style has been demonstrated to enhance comprehension and mastery of the course objectives. Your active participation in the classroom will constitute part of your grade for the course.

Pre-lecture Materials You will be responsible for checking the website prior to each lecture and completing assigned pre-lecture preparation. You can find these materials on the Course Calendar page on Canvas, under the column labelled Pre-lecture Materials and Pre-lecture Readings. The format of these materials will vary throughout the semester (videos, targeted readings, etc.), to ensure that you understand the requirements. These materials are fair game for clicker questions and exam questions.

iClicker. When you register the i>Clicker, you will register the same device for all classes that use it. You can also keep the clicker for all future semesters. It is also possible to purchase a Reef phone app in place of a physical i>Clicker (see the Canvas site for more information).

How to register your i>Clicker using Canvas: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Login to Canvas at http://canvas.cornell.edu Under your list of “My Courses” click on BIONB2220 Introduction to Neuroscience. Go to Polling Information. Click on the i...