ORANGE COAST COLLEGE
Tuesday-Thursday Spring 2020
SYLLABUS
Here’s a copy of the course syllabus.
SCHEDULE
UNIT 1: NEURONS
Jan 28 1. Research Methods
Jan 30 2. Genetics (C1)
Feb 4 3. Neural Anatomy (C2)
Feb 6 4. Neural Impulse
Feb 11 5. Synapses (C3)
Feb 13 6. Neurotransmitters
Feb 18 7. Drugs I
Feb 20. No Class (Flex Day)
Feb 25 Drugs II Review Project 1 due
Feb 27 TEST 1 (C1-3)
PRACTICE TEST 1
100 Things To Know About Neurons
UNIT 2: BRAIN
Mar 3 8. Brain & BBB (C4-5)
Mar 5 9. Occipital Lobe (C6)
Mar 10 10. Temporal Lobe
Mar 12 11. Parietal Lobe (C7)
Mar 17 Viral Vacation
Mar 19 Viral Vacation
Mar 24 SPRING BREAK
Mar 26 SPRING BREAK
Mar 31 12. Motor Cortex. (C8)
Apr 2 13. Dorsolateral. Challenge Project due
Apr 7 14. Obitofrontal
Apr 9 15. Ventromedial Ethics Paper due
Apr 14 Animal Research Review Project 2 due
Apr 15-18 TEST 2 (C2, 4, 5-8)
Notes Update: Brain lecture March
PRACTICE TEST 2
Brain Quiz Key
100 Things To Know About The Brain
UNIT 3: LIMBIC SYSTEM
Apr 21 16. Sleep (C9)
Apr 23 17. Thalamus (C10)
Apr 28 18. Basal Ganglia
Apr 30 19. Emotion (C12).
May 1 Drug Paper & all written assignments due
May 5 20. Memory (C13) & Cognition (C14)
May 7 Disorders (C15) & Treatments (C15) Review Project 3 due
May 12 Review
May 14-16 TEST 3
May 19 Synthesis
May 20-22 TEST 4 Comprehensive final
PRACTICE TEST 3
T4 Bio S17 Prep
PRACTICE TEST 4
