NSCI 323 - Cellular Neuroscience | Biomedical and Molecular Sciences | School of Medicine

NSCI 323 - Cellular Neuroscience

Fall 2024 (On-Campus), Winter 2025 (Online)

Year 3

6-7 hours/week

3 units

Available

On-Campus Course

Online Course

An active learning-based course where students are introduced to the fundamentals of cellular neuroscience. Course format encourages students to acquire and/or perfect essential learning competencies such as Critical thinking, Independent learning, Problem-solving, Communication, Teamwork. Course offers a cellular perspective on 1-the origin and evolution of the nervous system, 2-how neurons and circuits encode, store, and retrieve information, 3-the mechanisms of neural diseases.

Prerequisites

BIOL 339 or KNPE 125 or KNPE 225 or (PHGY 215 and PHGY 216) or PSYC 271 or PHGY 210 or PHGY 212 or PHGY 215

Learning Outcomes

General

To develop student's critical thinking skills
To encourage student's independent learning
To facilitate student's problem-solving skills
To improve oral and written communication skills

Specific

To discuss how neurons develop and form connections
To discuss how neurons function and communicate
To discuss how neurons encode, store, and retrieve information
To understand cellular mechanisms involved in neural diseases

Evaluations

15%

Midterm Knowledge Consolidation

Asynchronous

30%

Final Knowledge Consolidation

Asynchronous

55%

A-Team-based Learning Group assignments (1@5%+2@10%=25%)

B-Team-based Learning Individual assignments (2@15%=30%)

Synchronous

Time Commitment

Lecture 2 hours per week

Tutorial 4 hours per week