PSYC362
Psychopharmacology
Psychology
BC
Subject code
PSYC
Course Number
362
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
Department/Program Faculty
Course Long Title
Psychopharmacology
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course examines the effects that drugs have on human behavior, including the ability to cause addiction as well as treat a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions. By exploring how drugsalter neurotransmitters, students better understand how the brain mediates cognition, emotion, and sensorimotor functioning. Strategies, techniques, and challenges of psychopharmacological research are addressed, and new approaches to drug discovery are covered in depth. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: NS/PY 160, 319, 330, or 331; or PSYC 215, 302, or 305.
Modes of Inquiry
Scientific Reasoning [SR]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(Psychology: Biological)
INDS Program Relationship
IDNS - NRSC Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years