Courses for Spring 2021

	Title	Instructors	Time	Description	Cross listings	Fulfills	Registration notes	Syllabus URL
BIBB 060-301	Music & the Brain	Michael Kaplan	T 12:00 PM-01:30 PM	Every human culture that has ever been described makes some form of music. The musics of different cultures cover a wide range of styles, but also display fascinating similarities, and a number of features are shared by even the most disparate musical traditions. Within our own culture, music is inescapable-there are very few individuals who do not listen to some form of music every day and far more who listen to music virtually all day long. Appreciation of music comes very early: newborns prefer music to normal speech and mothers all over the world sing to their babies in a fundamentally similar way. And yet, despite this seeming ubiquity, the real origin and purpose of music remains unknown. Music is obviously related to language, but how? Why do so many cultures make music in such fundamentally similar ways? What goes into the formation of music "taste" and preferences? Does music have survival value, or is it merely "auditory cheesecake", a superfluous byproduct of evolution as some critics have maintained? What is the nature of musical ability and how do musicians differ from non-musicians? In this course, we will look for answers by looking at the brain. Almost 200 years of scientific research into brain mechanisms underlying the production and appreciation of music is beginning to shed light on these and other questions. Although the sciences and the arts are often seen as entirely separate or even in opposition, studying the brain is actually telling us a lot about music, and studying music is telling us just as much about the brain.			Course is available to Freshmen. Crse Online: Sync & Async Components Freshman Seminar
BIBB 109-401	Intro To Brain & Behav	Michael Kane	R 12:00 PM-01:30 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109401, PSYC109401	Living World Sector	Crse Online: Sync & Async Components Registration also required for Laboratory (see below)	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB109401
BIBB 109-402	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Christopher David Adam	M 09:00 AM-10:30 AM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109402, PSYC109402		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-403	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Daniel E Cohen	M 10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109403, PSYC109403		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-404	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Amanda Moreno	M 12:00 PM-01:30 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109404, PSYC109404		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-405	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Dan Dou	M 01:30 PM-03:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109405, PSYC109405		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-406	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Kelsey Marie Nemec	M 03:00 PM-04:30 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109406, PSYC109406		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-407	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Christina M Miranda	T 09:00 AM-10:30 AM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109407, PSYC109407		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-408	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Brian J Johnson	T 10:30 AM-12:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109408, PSYC109408		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-409	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Kara Duplessis Mcgaughey	T 01:30 PM-03:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109409, PSYC109409		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-410	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Valerie Jill Sydnor	T 03:00 PM-04:30 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL109410, PSYC109410		Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-601	Intro To Brain & Behav	Judith Mclean	TR 04:30 PM-06:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.		Living World Sector	Crse Online: Sync & Async Components Only Open To LPS Pb Pre-Health Students Course Must Be Taken For A Grade Registration also required for Laboratory (see below)	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB109601
BIBB 109-602	Introduction To Brain and Behavior	Daniel Y Kutsovsky	M 04:30 PM-06:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.			Course Online: Synchronous Format Only Open To LPS Pb Pre-Health Students Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 109-603	Introduction To Brain and Behavior		W 04:30 PM-06:00 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.			Course Online: Synchronous Format Only Open To LPS Pb Pre-Health Students Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
BIBB 159-401	Memory	Michael J. Kahana	MWF 02:00 PM-03:00 PM	This course presents an integrative treatment of the cognitive and neural processes involved in learning and memory, primarily in humans. We will survey the major findings and theories on how the brain gives rise to different kinds of memory, considering evidence from behavioral experiments, neuroscientific experiments, and computational models.	PSYC159401		Course Online: Synchronous Format
BIBB 160-001	Abcs Everyday Neurosc	Loretta Flanagan-Cato	TR 09:00 AM-10:30 AM	This course is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their interest and enthusiasm for neuroscience with students in grades 9-12 attending urban public schools in West Philadelphia. The course will allow Penn students to develop their science communication and teaching skills. Students will prepare neuroscience demonstrations, hands-on activities, and assessment tools. In parallel, the course aims to engage local high school students, increasing their interest and knowledge in science, and ultimately promoting lifelong science literacy.			An Academically Based Community Serv Course Crse Online: Sync & Async Components Enrollment By Application Only	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB160001
BIBB 217-401	Visual Neuroscience	Alan A Stocker	M 02:00 PM-03:30 PM	An introduction to the scientific study of vision, with an emphasis on the biological substrate and its relation to behavior. Topics will typically include physiological optics, transduction of light, visual thresholds, color vision, anatomy and physiology of the visual pathways, and the cognitive neuroscience of vision.	PSYC217401, VLST217401		Course Online: Synchronous Format	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB217401
BIBB 217-402	Visual Neuroscience	Alan A Stocker	W 02:00 PM-03:00 PM	An introduction to the scientific study of vision, with an emphasis on the biological substrate and its relation to behavior. Topics will typically include physiological optics, transduction of light, visual thresholds, color vision, anatomy and physiology of the visual pathways, and the cognitive neuroscience of vision.	PSYC217402, VLST217402
BIBB 227-401	Physiology Motivated Beh	Harvey J Grill	TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM	This course focuses on evaluating the experiments that have sought to establish links between brain structure (the activity of specific brain circuits) and behavioral function (the control of particular motivated and emotional behaviors). Students are exposed to concepts from regulatory physiology, systems neuroscience, pharmacology, and endocrinology and read textbooks as well as original source materials. The course focuses on the following behaviors: feeding, sex, fear, anxiety, the appetite for salt, and food aversion. The course also considers the neurochemical control of responses with an eye towards evaluating the development of drug treatments for: obesity, anorexia/cachexia, vomiting, sexual dysfunction, anxiety disorders, and depression.	PSYC127401		Course Online: Synchronous Format	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB227401
BIBB 233-001	Neuroethology	Judith Mclean	T 01:30 PM-03:00 PM	In course, students will learn how neurobiologists study the relationship between neural circuitry and behavior. Behaviors such as bat echolocation, birdsong, insect olfaction, spatial navigation, eye movement and others will be used to explore fundamental principles of brain function that include brain oscillations, population codes, efference copy, sensorimotor maps and sleep replay. The course will also discuss the various methodologies that are used to address these questions. The reading material will be derived mostly from the primary literature.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB233001
BIBB 240-001	Chronobiology and Sleep	David M. Raizen	TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM	Topics to be covered include basic principles of chronobiology; neuroscience mechanisms of circadian rhythms and sleep; phylogeny and ontongeny of sleep; human sleep and sleep disorders; circadian dysfunction; circadian and sleep homeostatic influences in human health and safety. Students may not recieve credit for both BIBB 240 and BIBB 040.			Course Online: Synchronous Format	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB240001
BIBB 249-401	Cognitive Neuroscience	Russell A Epstein	T 12:00 PM-12:40 PM	The study of the neuronal systems that underlie human perception, memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result from damage to these systems.	PSYC149401		Permission Needed From Department Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB249401
BIBB 249-402	Cognitive Neuroscience	Russell A Epstein	T 12:40 PM-01:20 PM	The study of the neuronal systems that underlie human perception, memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result from damage to these systems.	PSYC149402		Permission Needed From Department Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
BIBB 249-403	Cognitive Neuroscience	Russell A Epstein	R 12:00 PM-12:40 PM	The study of the neuronal systems that underlie human perception, memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result from damage to these systems.	PSYC149403		Permission Needed From Department Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
BIBB 249-404	Cognitive Neuroscience	Russell A Epstein	R 12:40 PM-01:20 PM	The study of the neuronal systems that underlie human perception, memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result from damage to these systems.	PSYC149404		Permission Needed From Department Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
BIBB 260-401	Neuroendocrinology	Loretta Flanagan-Cato	R 12:00 PM-01:30 PM	This course is designed to examine the various roles played by the nervous and endocrine systems in controlling both physiological processes and behavior. First, the course will build a foundation in the concepts of neural and endocrine system function. Then, we will discuss how these mechanisms form the biological underpinnings of various behaviors and their relevant physiological correlates. We will focus on sexual and parental behaviors, stress, metabolism, neuroendocrine-immune interactions, and mental health.	PSYC239401		Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB260401
BIBB 269-001	Autonomic Physiology	Jennifer N. Heerding	TR 01:30 PM-03:00 PM	This course will introduce the student to the functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is critically involved in the maintenance of body homeostasis through regulation of behavior and physiology. The course will begin with a review of the basic anatomy and physiology of the ANS including the sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric divisions. The mechanisms by which the ANS regulates peripheral tissues will be discussed, including reflex and regulatory functions, as will the effect of drugs which modulate ANS activity. The role of the ANS in regulating behavior will be addressed in the context of thirst, salt appetite and food intake.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB269001
BIBB 417-401	Visual Processing	Nicole C Rust	TR 02:00 PM-03:30 PM	This seminar will focus on how visual information is processed by the eye and the brain to produce visual perception. These issues will be explored through lectures and student presentations of journal articles, combined with Matlab- based tutorials and exercises. The course requires no prior knowledge of visual processing, math, or computer programming.	PSYC417401		Course Online: Synchronous Format
BIBB 420-601	Smell and Taste	Brian C. Lewandowski	W 06:00 PM-09:00 PM	All organisms respond to chemicals in their environment. This chemosensation guides diverse behaviors such as a feeding, avoiding predators, sex, and social interactions. This course will provide a broad survey of our current understanding of taste and smell, focusing on insect and rodent model systems as well as studies in humans. The course will begin with a review of chemical signal transduction mechanisms, and build to an exploration of the cortical integration of chemical signals and chemical guided behaviors. Class time will emphasize primary literature, discussion, and student presentations. The goal is to reach an integrated understanding of the physiology and psychology of chemical sensory systems. In the process, students will learn to read and critically evaluate data from primary research articles.			Course Online: Synchronous Format Course Must Be Taken For A Grade
BIBB 430-601	Neuro Basis of Autism	John D Herrington	MW 06:30 PM-07:00 PM	This course examines the neurobiological processes underlying autism spectrum disorders. In this seminar course, we will first examine the brain phenotypes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in addition to investigating the genetic and environmental contributions to the etiology and pathophysiology of ASD. After an initial examination of the clinical literature and research, we will focus on animal models of ASD, including those of syndromic causes of autism (Rett Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis, Fragile X) and investigate changes in neurotransmitter systems and synaptic dysfunctions in the brain of these models.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components Course Must Be Taken For A Grade	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB430601
BIBB 440-301	Neuroscience Behind Cwct: Neuroscience Behind the Addiction To Chocolate,Wine,Coffee & Tobacco	Mariella De Biasi	TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM	Both clinical observations and popular culture support the idea that food might have addictive properties. Similar to the narrative for addictive drugs,individuals and the media use terms like "food addict" and "chocoholic", and refer to cravings, symptoms of withdrawal, and escalating patterns of eating that might be viewed as evidence of tolerance. The class will discuss chocolate and coffee as examples of so-called "addictive" food and compare their effects and mechanisms with those of alcohol and nicotine, two substances with well-characterzed addictive properties. Furthermore, we will discuss why some forms of overeating are thought to reflect an addictive behavior. Considering the social dimension of alcohol,coffee, and tobacco consumption and the fact that large numbers of the population consume them together, we will also discuss the possible interactive effects of combinationsof these psychoactive substances on mood and disease state. At the end of the course the student will become familiar with the diagnostic criteria for substance dependence, the anatomy and physiology of the brain circuits involvedin reward processing and drug depencence, and the neurotransmitter systems involved.			Course Online: Synchronous Format	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB440301
BIBB 450-301	Music and the Brain Sem: Music and the Brain Seminar: the New and Old Science of Music	Michael Kaplan	R 12:00 PM-01:30 PM	In a world where humans can't seem to agree on much of anything, there is one thing that still unites us: we love music. Why should abstract sequences of sounds give us such strong emotional reactions? Why indeed should they give us any emotional reaction at all? On every continent, today and throughout history, there is not a single human culture that has ever been described that does not make music. Within cultures, music is so ubiquitous that we actually have clinical terms (amusia and musical anhedonia) to describe people who don't understand or don't enjoy music. And yet, despite this ubiquity, the evolutionary origin and purpose of music remains unknown. Not only do people everywhere make music - they do so in fundamentally similar ways. All over the world people divide rhythm into twos and threes; all over the world people divide the frequency spectrum logarithmically, in octaves; with a very few exceptions, we divide octaves into no more than 12 steps, and we use subsets of 5-7 of these tones at a time. Not only that, but many cultures seem to have independently arrived at the same sets of 5-7 notes. These are probably not coincidences. If not coincidence, then what? In this course we look for explanations to these and other questions about music by looking at something that humans all over the globe have in common: the brain. Using readings from the primary literature and classic texts, supplemented with software exercises and analysis, we will see how many of the age-old mysteries and questions of music can be either answered or in some cases amplified by a consideration of brain mechanisms. Thinking about music in the context of brain function also provides a biological and evolutionary rationale not just for why music is the way it is, but why it should exist at all. More broadly, this course is an example of what can (and cannot) be accomplished by addressing aesthetic and philosophical questions as scientific and empirical ones. Prerequisite: BIBB 109 and prior musical instruction, any instrument			Permission Needed From Instructor Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
BIBB 470-301	Animal Model N-Psyc Dis	Michael Kane	T 01:30 PM-04:30 PM	This seminar will focus on the significant role of animal models in the investigation of the pathophysiology of a variety of human neuropsychiatric disorders as well as in the development of treatments for these disorders. The course will focus on the use of genetically modified mice in the investigation of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), anxiety and affective disorders, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with an emphasis on the limitations of such models. Class time will consist of short lectures and open discussions via student-led presentations. Emphasis will be placed on the critical analysis of primary literature.			Course Online: Synchronous Format	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB470301
BIBB 475-301	Neurodegenerative Diseas	Lindsay K Festa	M 01:00 PM-02:30 PM	This course will familiarize students with advances in our understanding of the clinical features and pathogenesis of a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, prion diseases, Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonisms, neurodegenerative ataxias, motoneuron diseases, degenerative diseases with chorea, iron and copper disorders, and mitochondrial diseases. Students will analyze original research reports on a range of proposed pathological cellular processes that may represent steps in cell dealth pathways leading to neuron loss seen in these diseases. Significant emphasis will be placed on the fast-expanding fieldexploring genetic contributions to neurodegenerative disease, as identification of genetic mutations pathogenenic for familial neurodegenerative diseases has been a major driving force in neurodegenerative research and pointed researchers towards essential molecular process that may underlie these disorders. Strategies for therapeutic intervention in the management, prevention, and cure of neurodegenerative disease will be addressed.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB475301
BIBB 482-301	Clinical Psychopharmacol	Samantha M Fortin	TR 01:30 PM-03:00 PM	This course examines the history, rationale and putative mechanism of action of drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Emphasis is placed on neurobiological processes underlying psychopathology and pharmacological intervention. Drugs currently in use as well as new drugs in development will be covered. Strategies, techniques, issues and challenges of clinical psychopharmacological research will be addressed and new approaches to drug discovery, including the use of pharmacogenomics and proteomics to understand variability in drug response and identify new molecular drug targets, will be covered in depth. Specific drug classes to be considered include antidepressants, anxiolytics, typical and atypical antipsychotics, narcotic analgesics, sedative hypnotics, and antiepileptic medications. A contrasting theme throughout the course will be the use of drugs as probes to identify neural substrates of behavior.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB482301
BIBB 485-301	Nerve and Muscle Disease: Nerve and Muscle in Health and Disease	Stephen Hollingworth	TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM	In this seminar course, we will deepen our understanding about excitability in the nervous system and in skeletal and cardiac muscle. A particular focus of the course will be the roles which calcium ions play as second messengers in nerve, muscle and synapse. We will study disease processes involving excitability and calcium handling, such as Long QT syndrome and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. The later part of the course will have a journal club format, based on the reading and presentation of original papers, including papers about non-opioid analgesia and malignant hyperthermia. We will learn about the techniques used to study intracellular calcium and about how calcium is handled in nerve and muscle. Classical, physiological experiments will be interpreted in terms of modern molecular knowledge.			Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB485301
BIBB 585-401	Theoretical Neuroscience	Vijay Balasubramanian	TR 09:00 AM-10:30 AM	This course will develop theoretical and computational approaches to structural and functional organization in the brain. The course will cover: (i) the basic biophysics of neural responses, (ii) neural coding and decoding with an emphasis on sensory systems, (iii) approaches to the study of networks of neurons, (iv) models of adaptation, learning and memory, (v) models of decision making, and (vi) ideas that address why the brain is organized the way that it is. The course will be appropriate for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. A knowledge of multi-variable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations is required (except by permission of the instructor). Prior exposure to neuroscience and/or Matlab programming will be helpful.	BE530401, PSYC539401, PHYS585401, NGG594401		Crse Online: Sync & Async Components	https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=BIBB585401