{"id":3109,"date":"2015-03-03T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2015-2016\/?page_id=3109"},"modified":"2019-02-22T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:48:42","slug":"neuroscience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2019-2020\/neuroscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\"> School of Social Science and Human Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/christian-reich\/\">Christian Reich<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/jacqueline-braun\/\">Jacqueline Braun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/joseph-f-cataliotti\/\">Joseph Cataliotti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/naseem-choudhury\/\">Naseem Choudhury<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListingColTwo\">Faculty<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/shaziela-ishak\/\">Shaziela Ishak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/joost-monen\/\">Joost Monen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/christian-reich\/\">Christian Reich<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Current as of\u00a0June 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> About the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>Students will gain an understanding of the organization of the nervous system as well as an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience and the study of mind, brain, and behavior.\u00a0 Courses offered will allow students to explore the interaction between neural structure and function via the brain&#8217;s relation to behaviors such as motor control, basic\u00a0-sensory processes (e.g., audition, proprioception, and vision), higher cognition (e.g., attention, memory, learning and language) and emotional processing. Major theories of brain-behavior relations will be studied. Several of these topics include behavioral neuroscience and learning, perception, neuropsychopharmacology\u00a0and cognitive neuroscience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Outcomes for the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Goal 1:<\/strong> Understand core concepts in psychology, biology and\/or chemistry, as providing the basis for the scientific study of the nervous system and its relationship to behavior and mental processes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1:<\/strong> Demonstrate understanding of neuronal communication via action potential<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2:<\/strong> Demonstrate understanding of the general organization of the brain<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 3:<\/strong> Relate organization of the brain to cognitive processes (such as visual processing, auditory processing, attention and\/or memory) via an understanding of functional lateralization and\/or hemispheric specialization.<br \/>\nOutcome 4: Demonstrate understanding of typical and atypical cognitive processes and the pathological mechanisms underlying common diseases and\/or disorders of the nervous system<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 2:<\/strong> Appreciate, from a liberal arts perspective, the role of the neuroscience perspective to inform issues within the larger cultural, social, historical and ethical framework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Demonstrate understanding of the strengths of the neuroscience approach in responding to societal, cultural and\/or ethical issues such as substance use, poverty, criminal behavior, and\/or therapeutic interventions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2:<\/strong> Demonstrate understanding of the weaknesses of the neuroscience approach in responding to societal, cultural and\/or ethical issues such as substance use, poverty, criminal behavior, and\/or therapeutic interventions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 3:<\/strong> Appreciate, from a liberal arts perspective, the role of the neuroscience perspective to inform issues within the larger cultural, social, historical and ethical framework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1:<\/strong> Demonstrate proficiency in reading papers in the primary literature by recognizing the research question being investigated and its significance, the hypothesis being tested, and the predictions from the hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2:<\/strong> Students should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of the experimental design and the interpretation of the results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 3:<\/strong> Students should be able to evaluate claims in mass media against what is known from the scientific literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 4:<\/strong> Demonstrate effective communication about neuroscience in both written and oral form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1:<\/strong> Demonstrate effective writing skills<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2:<\/strong> Demonstrate effective oral communication skills.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Requirements of the Minor<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>At least 1\/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>NEUROSCIENCE\u00a0MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\"><\/li>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED (These should be completed first and may be prerequisites for some of the electives):<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a192c1\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC101\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a19588\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL101\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY<\/a> <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a19731\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL111\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE<\/a>\u00a0(Formerly BIOL110) <strong>AND<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1994d\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL111L\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT AT LEAST THREE ADDITIONAL COURSES\u00a0FROM THIS LIST:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a19b85\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC209\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 209 - PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a19d64\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC310\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 310 - NEUROPSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a19f52\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC352\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 352 - BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1a183\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC353\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 353 - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1a447\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC355\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 355 - NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1a679\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL332\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE<\/a>\u00a0 (Formerly BIOL331) <strong>AND<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1a873\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL332L\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1aa99\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL410\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 410 - EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LECTURE<\/a> (Formerly BIOL365) <strong>AND<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1aca7\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL410L\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 410L - EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"6a119d1a1ae7c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC430\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 430 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY<\/a> (<em>Neuroscience and Philosophy<\/em>)\u00a0**<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">**This course may also be counted for the minor, however, they include additional prerequisites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span> Related Information<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website: School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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