| Course Title: Hormones and Behavior |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| 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 |
| Travis Hodges | 413-538-2000 | thodges@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | REES - Reese | 316 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: PSYCH-100, NEURO-100, or AP Psychology. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NEURO0001 | NEURO: Neuroscience & Behavior Major | This course has been approved to count towards the Neuroscience and Behavior major. |
| NOPRI0001 | Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| PSYCH-256-01 Hormones and Behavior |
| NEURO-256-01 Hormones and Behavior |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 37 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Third Edition Author: Nelson, Randy Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780878936175 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc, 2005 |
Optional | 77.81 |
| Title: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Fourth Edition Author: Nelson, Randy J. Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0878936203 Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2011 |
Optional | 72.56 |
| Title: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Fifth Edition Author: Nelson, Randy Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781605353203 Publisher: Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press |
Optional | 60.78 |
| Title: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition Author: Nelson, Randy J. Copyright: 2022 Edition: 6 Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press |
Optional | 206.97 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |