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Course Info for NESC - 313 - 20, Spring 2023
Class number: 2879 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 19 Current enrollment: 8 Available seats: 11
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 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.