Rice Course Schedule, Spring 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 415   MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE I              Credits 3.00  Spring 02
Modeling of and computation by single neurons. Establish proficiency in the use
of NEURON, a widely-used neurosimulation package, and so provide motivation and
deliver a practical skill. From there, poke under NEURON's hood and derive the
fundamental equations of neurodynamics and construct simple analytical and
numerical procedures for their solution. Also offered as CAAM 335.
Prereq- MATH 211 or CAAM 335.
001 HZ 119 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Cox, Steven J.            Enr: 4 Max: NA

NEUR 502   COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE II                Credits 3.00  Spring 02
Overview of neuropsychological and cognitive service approaches to higher
mental functions including language, memory, executive functions, reasoning,
and numerical processing. Also offered as NEUR 502.
001 TBA - TBA                           Martin, Randi C.          Enr: 0 Max: NA

NEUR 506   CONCEPTS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY          Credits 3.00  Spring 02
Rice University now offers a set of graduate level courses in Neuroscience many
of which are taught, in part or in whole, by faculty from the nearby Baylor
College of Medicine. Some of these courses are taught at Rice, some at Baylor,
and some are split lectures at Rice and laboratories at Baylor. Rice students,
includinging advanced undergraduates are encouraged to take these courses, many
(but not all) of which are taught according to Rice's academic calendar.
Because the specifics of these courses change frequently, prospective students
are encouraged to visit the Neurosciences at Rice
website
www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/. At that site you will find information
about what students are eligible to enroll, about which courses will be offered
each semester and their classroom locations, and about the procedure required
for enrolling.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: NA

NEUR 512   INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE CORE II         Credits 4.00  Spring 02
A broad introductory survey covering all aspects of neuroscience, team-taught
by faculty from Baylor College of Medicine. A continuation of NEUR 511.
Enrollment is limited to 20.
Pre-req- NEUR 511 or P.O.I.
001 BB 116 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Staff                     Enr: 13 Max: NA

NEUR 515   NEURAL DEVELOPMENT                       Credits 3.00  Spring 02
An advanced graduate course focusing on molecular genetic studies. Integrates
molecular patterning of nervous system with developmental neuroscience using a
cross-species approach, with an emphasis on the visual system. Topics include
the biochemical and genetic basis for neural plasticity, neurotrophic facotrs
in neural development, and the molecular mehcanism of growth core guidance and
synapse formation.
Prereq- NEUR 511 and 512 or P.O.I.
001 TBA - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM         Pomerantz, James R.       Enr: 1 Max: NA