Class Information: Readings, Assignments, Papers, etc.

Class	Meets	Location
PSY 4930 Special Topics Mechanisms of Auditory Perception	MWF Period 3	Psych Room 129
Course Materials Course Objectives The objective of this survey course is to provide students with a basic understanding of how animals and humans obtain and process auditory information from their environment. This topic will be explored from several different viewpoints including the structure and function of the auditory system and the relation of behavior and human performance to stimulus attributes and underlying neural mechanisms. A comparative perspective will also relate inter-species differences in structure to environmental.
PSB 3004 Physiological Psychology	Tues 2^nd and 3^rd period Thurs 3^rd period	NEB 0101
Course Materials Course Objectives This survey course will provide an introduction to the concepts, methods and data of physiological psychology. Physiological psychology is concerned with the biological factors that produce and modify behavior. These factors include physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, biochemistry and anatomy, at levels of analysis ranging from individual molecules to the whole organism. Familiarity with fundamental concepts of chemistry, physics, biology and physiology are assumed. Topics will include the structure and functions of the nervous system, including the function of individual nerve cells, communication between cells, and the organization of the nervous system into sensory, motor, and emotional systems. As we proceed through the semester, this material will be related to clinical disorders. This course is not designed, nor intended, to make you an expert in any of these areas. Instead, it is designed to give you a basic understanding of the ways in which physiological and neural events relate to behavior.