Syllabus for Basic Brain Science (기초뇌과학)
Spring semester, 2016
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Subject Code
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CB4202
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Subject
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Basic Brain Science
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Class hours/Wk
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3
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Credit
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3
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Attendee
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14, 15
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1. Subject outline
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Aims and objectives
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■ Learn basic principles and knowledge about brain and nervous system
■ Develope creative and critical thinking
■ Learn to find novel and scientific problems (questions) as well as answers
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contents of a subject
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Part I. Neural Foundations of Behavior: The Basic Equipment
Chapter 2. Communication Within the Nervous System
Chapter 3. The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System
Chapter 4. The Methods and Ethics of Research
Part II. Motivation and Emotion: What Makes Us Go
Chapter 5. Drugs, Addiction, and Reward
Chapter 8. Emotion and Health
Part III. Interacting With the World
Chapter 9. Hearing and Language
Chapter 10. Vision and Visual Perception
Chapter 11. The Body Senses and Movement
Part IV. Complex Behavior
Chapter 12. Learning and Memory
Chapter 15. Sleep and Consciousness
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Suggestions
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A. Preview: Solve the essay problems in a supplementary textbook before coming to class
B. Active participation in class
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2. Assessment method
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Class preparation1
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Question search2
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Group project3
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chapter quiz4
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final exam5
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Attendance and attitude6
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Total
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10%
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20%
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10%
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20%
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30%
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10%
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100%
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(1. You will be assessed based on your answering to the essay problems during class. Active participation with appropriate answers will give you credit.
2. Write the questions of your own in the supplementary textbook and submit it to teacher after Wed. class. You will get it back during Thur. class. Creative and scientifically meaningful questions will get a higher credit.
3. Team work and the quality of the report will be assessed. Topic will be based on questions of your own.
4. At the end of every chapter, you will take quiz with 2-3 questions out of essay problems.
5. It will be given with 2 questions (similar to essay problems) per chapter, 20 questions in total. You choose 5 chapters (10 questions) to solve at the exam.
6. Abscence: -0.5pt, Frequently being late will result in losing point.
3. Weekly schedule of class
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Week
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Contents
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Activities
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Week 1
(2/24~)
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Introduction to the course
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Week 2
(2/29~)
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Chapter 2. Communication within the nervous system
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 3
(3/7~)
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Chapter 3. The organization and functions of the nervous system
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 4
(3/14~)
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Chapter 4. The methods and ethics of research
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 5
(3.21~)
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Group project (exploring questions)
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Group report
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Week 6
(3.28~)
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Chapter 5. Drugs, addiction, and reward
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 7
(4.4~)
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Chapter 8. Emotion and health
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 8
(4/11~)
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Mid-term exam period (No exam for this class)
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Week 9
(4/18~)
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Chapter 9. Hearing and language
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 10
(4/25~)
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Chapter 10. Vision and visual perception
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 11
(5/2~)
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Children's day (5/5, Thur)
Chapter 11. The body senses and movement
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 12
(5/9~)
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Chapter 12. Learning and memory
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 13
(5/16~17)
(5/25~27)
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Home study and leadership training week (5/18~5/24), SAF (5/24~5/25)
Chapter 12. Learning and memory
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end-chapter quiz
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Week 14
(5/30)
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Chapter 15. Sleep and Consciousness
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Week 15
(6/6~)
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Memorial day (6/6, Mon)
Chapter review
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Week 16
(6/13~)
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Final-term exam
(5 chapters of your choice, based on essay problems)
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4. Textbook
● Brain & Behavior (An Introduction to Biological Psychology) 4th Edition, by Bob Garrett, Sage
● Supplementary textbook given by the teacher
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Brain-Out-of-Clay (brain modeling)
