Course Name: BSCI 40195 Beauty and the Brain: Exploring Florence Through the Senses
Course Description: This is an introductory sensory neuroscience course for undergraduate students from varied academic backgrounds. By exploring the sensory richness of Florence, students will delve into the biology of their sensory systems. Through a combination of fieldtrips, laboratory exercises, and lectures students will learn how sensory systems function to change diverse environmental signals into information that can be interpreted by the brain. Fieldtrips will be used to highlight specific sensory systems and laboratories/lectures will provide the conceptual framework. Together these experiences will lay the foundation for students’ understanding of vision, taste, smell, touch, and hearing in the unique environment of Florence, Italy.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None