Topics vary year to year and may include neuronal integration, chemistry of neural membranes, alcohol and the brain, and chemical aspects of mental illness. Presentations by students and staff. Lecture and discussion. Also listed as Pyschology 40. May be repeated with consent of instructor.
Laboratories introduce contemporary methods for studying animal function.
A study of biological processes at the molecular level. A second focus is on biochemical transformations, the mechanisms whereby living systems transform simple chemicals into complex structures. One afternoon-long laboratory per week. A lecture and laboratory study relating the principles of inheritance to modern concepts of the structure and chemistry of the chromosomes and the molecular biology of the gene. Sophomore standing, Biology 02 or 04 and Chemistry 16 or concurrent enrollment therein.