Psychology & Neuroscience at UC San Diego
San Diego, CA
Psychology & Neuroscience Course
overview
Nothing is more fascinating and mysterious to us than each other. How do people work? How do I work?
Students will learn to tackle these fundamental questions with the tools of psychological science. Students will learn about classic experiments in psychology, with the goal of getting a hands-on, experiential understanding of how people work and how psychologists study them. They will explore social dynamics; emotions; personality; mental illness; the nature of beliefs; neuroscience; and the relationship between the mind, brain, and body. As a capstone project, they will construct their own miniature psychology theory, design/run an experiment to test it, and present findings to the class.
Campuses with this course
Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Psychology & Neuroscience at Oxford
Oxford, UK
Psychology & Neuroscience at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Psychology & Neuroscience at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Psychology & Neuroscience at Yale
New Haven, CT
Psychology & Neuroscience at Barnard College, Columbia University
New York, New York
Learning Outcomes in this course
Uncover the mystery of how the mind works, and examine the connection between the brain and human behavior.
Develop solutions to the complex questions of human behavior through hands-on activities such as a brain dissection and real-world experiments.
Understand treatment strategies for a variety of mental health issues that affect millions of individuals
Interact with clinical psychologists, neurologists and researchers who are experts in this specialized field.