Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Neurosciences (NEUR)

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NOTE: Rice University offers a series of courses in Neuroscience jointly with Baylor College of Medicine. These courses, which are offered to graduate students and advanced undergraduates, are often taught on the Baylor campus and run by the Baylor calendar, which differs from Rice's. If you are interested in these courses, please consult the Neuroscience at Rice website (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/) for further information as well as for instructions on how to get the permissions necessary for enrolling in these courses.

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some NEUR courses.

NEUR 501   COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE I                 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Overview of neuropsychological and cognitive neuroscience approaches to higher
mental functions including sensation and perception, attention, motor control,
and neuroplasticity. Other topics include basic neuroanatomy, experimental and
clinical investigative methods and the historical and philosophical context of
contemporary neuroscience. Also offered as PSYC 575. Enrollment is limited to
15.
001 SH 462 - T 02:00PM - 05:00PM        Ro, Tony                  Enr: 2 Max: 7

NEUR 511   INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE CORE I          Credits 5.00  Fall 02
A broad introductory survey covering all aspects of neuroscience, team-taught
by faculty from Baylor College of Medicine. Includes a lab at Baylor.
Enrollment is limited to 20.
Pre-req- P.O.I.
001 BB 116 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Staff                     Enr: 5 Max: NA

NEUR 516   SENSORY SYSTEMS                          Credits 3.00  Fall 02
A two-part course covering sensory transduciton in audition, touch, and the
chemical senses, and a detailed coverage of the visual system, including
retinal structures and central pathways, phototransduction, receptive fields,
and functional organization in the cortex. Enrollment is limited to 10.
*This
course will be meet at Baylor College of Medicine in the Alkek Building, room
N301.
Prereq- NEUR 511 and 512 and permission of the instrucor.
001 TBA - TBA                           Pomerantz, James R.       Enr: 0 Max: NA