| Course Title: Hormones and Behavior |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: Does the idea of Finals Week stress you out? Have you ever felt hungry or thirsty? Is our biology to blame when people cheat on their partners? From mental health and hunger to sexual motivation and aggression, our hormones dictate many of our basic choices and ultimately control how we interact with our world. This course will explore how hormones communicate with our brain to influence behaviors such as sexual attraction and reproduction, parental care, and social behavior. Special emphasis will be placed on the underlying biology and role of the nervous system in regulating hormone levels. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jamie Church | jchurch@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | REES - Reese | 304 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: PSYCH-100, NEURO-100, or AP Psychology. | Take previously | Required |
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| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 39 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology Author: Nelson, Randy J. Copyright: 2011 Edition: 4 Volume: ISBN: 9780878936205 Publisher: Sinauer |
Optional | 96.00 |
| Title: Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything Author: Epstein, Randi Hutter Copyright: 2018 Edition: 1 Volume: ISBN: 9780393357080 Publisher: W.W. Norton |
Required | 16.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |