This course introduces students to major topics in behavioral ecology and comparative neurobiology with an emphasis on inter-relationships between these fields. Topics to be covered vary each semester, but typically include: the optimality approach to understanding behavior, predator-prey behavior, mating and social behavior, behavioral genetics, neural circuits and behavior, sensory biology, neural development, and neural plasticity.
This course provides students with instruction and experience in the experimental research techniques employed in the study of behavioral ecology and comparative neurobiology with emphasis on the integration of these approaches for understanding animal behavior. Each student will carry out three small research projects in the laboratories of three of the participating faculty.
An in-depth discussion of theory and method of the various approaches to cultural and social factors in the etiology, distribution, and treatment of mental illness. Data from non-Western and Western cultures are examined.
area with emphasis on the recent experimental and theoretical literature. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Fundamental aspects of radiation biology. Radiation effects on macromolecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organisms.
Radioisotope techniques and their application in the biological and medical sciences. Radiation safety, calibration and use of radiation detectors, counting statistics, uptake and assay methods, and applications. Laboratory, five hours per week.
This course will introduce the student to, and give them practical experience in, writing research proposals, research reports and carrying out research work. The course will be jointly taught by various medical physics faculty and guest lecturers. Students will be asked to present their own work to be critiqued by the class. The goal is to give the student a hands-on experience of what is involved in doing funded clinical research on human subjects and getting it published in an academic journal.
Applied practicum experiences in the radiation sciences. Laboratory, 40 hours per week equals one credit hour.
A study of Russian literature from its beginning to the present using selected major works of prose, poetry and drama. No knowledge of Russian is required.
Development of written and oral skills in Russian needed to conduct business activities in Russian-speaking areas of the former Soviet Union using various materials from banking, advertising, law, economics and industry.
