Wed, Fri with tests on four of the fridays and on alternate fridays team discussions, some in private and some open in class for all to profit.
All sessions are mandatory.
Letter grades are calculated on a curve generated only by this class. There will be 4 periodic examinations worth 100 points each. This is a new portion to my courses and stems from the philosophy that the students should bear a reasonable share of the work of a course. The first half of the course is composed of learning and exploring how the brain and nervous system work and the second half is devoted to a discussion of how that brain can support some of the behaviors of which humans are capable. The first project will explore the workings of the brain by requiring that each student team explore the mechanisms by which drugs affect the human brain and, therefore, the person's behavior.