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2019 Spring Neurobiology: ZOO 3744-A001 (3 credits) 2019 Spring Syllabus Course Instructor: Dr. Zixi Jack Cheng Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Sciences Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences University of Central Florida College of Medicine Phone: (407) 823-1505 office E-mail: zixi.cheng@ ucf.edu

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30 am-2:45 pm Class Location: CB2 207

Office hours: After class OR by appointment. Location: my office and lab: Biological Science Building room 230

Regular office hours with GRA: Friday: 3:30-4:20 pm Location: HPA II 307

GTA: Darlene Ramos E-mail: Darlene Ramos Office Hours: Monday 12 – 4 pm, 1

Friday

1-5 pm

HPA II 304

James Heidings E-mail: 'jimbo987' Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3-5 pm HPA II 304

Textbook (Required): Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 4th Edition. Bears, Connors & Paradiso published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilki, 2015 Reference Book (Not required): Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience. 9th Edition. Carlson NR, Published by Pearson, 2014 Course Description: The course will be a comprehensive discussion of the nervous system including: ♦ History of the study of the nervous system ♦ Cellular composition of the nervous system and functions of each cell type ♦ General organization of the nervous system ♦ Electrical communication; the resting and action potential ♦ Chemical communication; synapses, neurotransmitters and receptors ♦ Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of somatic and auditory systems ♦ Learning and Memory

Prerequisite: N/A

Course Objectives:

2

To develop an understanding of the basic organization of the nervous system and how it is connected and functions to allow sensations to occur.

(321) 331-3871 cell ASSESSMENTS and POLICIES

Assessments: You must show your ID on exam days Four Exams. For Exams 1, 2, 3, each has 100 points. Exam 4 (final accumulative exam) has 200 points. The lowest score of exams (1, 2 and 3) will automatically be dropped . Format: multiple choices, matching, completion, quantitative analysis and graph questions.

TOTAL: 400 POINTS

No Makeup Exams. The lowest exam score of Exam 1-3 will be dropped automatically. If you miss an exam, you will receive a “zero” and that is your lowest test grade that will be dropped. But you have to attend the final accumulative exam, which will NOT be dropped.

Grading: Total Possible Points 400 A= >90% (400-360 points), B= >80% (359-320 pts), C= >70% (319-280 pts), D=60% (279-240), F=50% (=/...