| Course Title: Where Are the Brain's Limits? |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: How does the brain enable otherwise ordinary people to display extraordinary abilities? This course will challenge our understanding of ourselves and each other by using a collection of stories, peer-reviewed research, and podcasts to compare popular media's portrayal of these individuals against science's current understanding of the brain. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| André White | 413-538-2148 | awhite@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | KNDD - Kendade | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 14 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains Author: Thomson, Helen Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780062391162 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers |
Required | 15.34 |
| Title: Still Alice Author: Genova, Lisa Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781439102817 Publisher: Simon & Schuster |
Required | 9.49 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |