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Course Info for NESC - 313 - 20, Fall 2026
Class number: 3242 Title: Emotion and Motivation Lab Department: Neuroscience
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 0.25
Enrollment limited to 16 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 5
Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, CCAN - 121 Instructor(s): Seraphin, Sally
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in NESC 313.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
In this complementary laboratory course, students enrolled in the Emotion & Motivation lecture will gain hands-on-experience through an exploration of cognitive and affective neuroscience technologies that are commonly used to study intrinsic (internal: biological and psychological) and extrinsic (external: ecological, cultural and economic) factors governing emotion and motivation. As part of this course, students will design, execute and present their own independent research projects on some neurobiological aspect of emotion or motivation. Concurrent enrollment in NESC Emotion & Motivation lecture is required.