PHYSCI 146
Principles of Nervous System Development
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Requisites: courses 107 (or Neuroscience 102) and 111A (or M180A, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175A, Neuroscience M101A, or Psychology M117A). Examination of construction of vertebrate nervous system as series of integrated steps beginning with several embryonic cells and culminating as complex highly ordered system. Topics include neurulation, regionalization, neurogenesis, migration, axonal outgrowth, and synapse formation. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2021 - This class right here is the phy sci elective of all phy sci electives. It is pretty different from the other easy-going, not-like-the-core electives. This class requires allooott of work and understanding of the material. Definitely not something you take as a student with senioritis or a junior struggling with 111B. Phelps does NOT play with the minimal effort and understanding. You need to put work into this class. This class is straight-scaled. It will change next year but this quarter: 3 non-cumulative quizzes: 80 points 50 minute long paper presentation: 40 points Participation and attendance: 20 points Critiques: 60 points TOTAL: 200 I was not a fan of how this class was taught. She packed soooo much info into an hour and 15 minutes. It was also purely based on research. She taught experiment after experiment and paper after paper. It was pretty exhausting. BUT I do feel a lot more confident in my research abilities and my paper reading abilities. Overall, would I take it again? Sure. Would I take it as a senior about the graduate? No.
Spring 2021 - This class right here is the phy sci elective of all phy sci electives. It is pretty different from the other easy-going, not-like-the-core electives. This class requires allooott of work and understanding of the material. Definitely not something you take as a student with senioritis or a junior struggling with 111B. Phelps does NOT play with the minimal effort and understanding. You need to put work into this class. This class is straight-scaled. It will change next year but this quarter: 3 non-cumulative quizzes: 80 points 50 minute long paper presentation: 40 points Participation and attendance: 20 points Critiques: 60 points TOTAL: 200 I was not a fan of how this class was taught. She packed soooo much info into an hour and 15 minutes. It was also purely based on research. She taught experiment after experiment and paper after paper. It was pretty exhausting. BUT I do feel a lot more confident in my research abilities and my paper reading abilities. Overall, would I take it again? Sure. Would I take it as a senior about the graduate? No.
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