Courses

Emory University

	Fall	Spring
Even-Odd Years (e.g., 2024-2025)	NBB 401W NBB 318 / WGS 318	NBB 302 NBB 418 / WGS 418
Odd-Even Years (e.g., 2027-2028)	NBB 401W NBB 2XX (Feeding)	NBB 2XX (Indigenous)

NBB Core Classes

NBB 401W: Perspectives in Neuroscience and Behavior [every Fall]
Prerequisites: NBB 201, 301, and 302; or permission of instructor. A writing intensive senior seminar utilizing the primary literature to examine current issues, trends, and controversies in the field of neuroscience and behavioral biology. (Satisfies General Education Requirements for post-freshman writing and advanced seminar.)

NBB 302: Behavioral Neuroscience [Odd Years, Spring & summer sessions some years]
This course presents an integrated coverage of work at the intersection of animal behavior, evolution, and cellular/systems neuroscience. The course surveys the major areas of behavioral neuroscience.

(Neuro)Science and Technology Studies (nSTS) Series:

NBB 318 / WGS 318: Intro to Feminist Neuroscience (ETHN) [Even Years, Fall]
Note: this course was listed as NBB 370-1 S24 and F24
Prerequisites: At least one class in NBB or one class in WGS. What is sex? How is our science impacted by gender? Students will examine neuroscience/biology from an intersectional feminist perspective, collapse the sex-gender divide to see how these racialized concepts co-create each other, and incorporate intersex and trans identities and materialities

NBB 418 / WGS 418: Queer Feminist Neuroscience [Odd Years, Spring]
Note: this course was listed as NBB 370 S25
Prerequisites: NBB 318 (NBB 370-1 during S24 & F24). As social conceptions of gender and sex change, how can (and does) the neuroscience keep up? In this seminar, we will examine how neuroscientists, queer feminist theorists, and sociologists destabilize “sex” in practice and re-imagine what neuroscientific studies could look like in this new future.

NBB Electives

NBB 2XX: Feeding and Metabolism [Odd Years, Fall]
Note: this course was listed as NBB 270 F25
Prerequisites: Bio 141 or equivalent. Discover the biological systems that contribute to feeding behavior and whole-body metabolism. This course will utilize primary data to uncover mechanisms of energy balance from neuroscientific, endocrinological, and social perspectives.

NBB 2XX: Indigenous Neuroscience [Even Years, Spring] Counts towards NAISI minor
Note: this course was listed as NBB 270 S26
Prerequisites: At least one class in NBB or one NAISI minor class. Students will build historical understandings of interrelatedness of colonization and Western science before delving into indigenous approaches to neuroscience and medicine. By engaging with concepts such as “two-eyed seeing” and Muscogee guests active in science, medicine, and art, the class will also directly engage with contemporary interactions and synergies across indigenous and Western perspectives.

Non-Elective NBB Classes

NBB 199: FYS Political (Neuro)Science [F23]
What is science? Can science be both a tool of “objective” knowledge production and a tool of politics? This seminar will examine the scientific method as a process influenced by the humans who use it before delving into the history and current implications of scientific research involving race and sex. Students will develop foundational skills for reading and interpreting primary data while practicing communicating across multiple modalities and audiences.

Haverford College

PSYC 357: Feminist Neuroscience [F22 & S23] [Profile on HaverBlog’s Cool Classes]
As societal conceptions of gender and sex change, so to do scientific approaches to neuroendocrinology (the study of hormones and the brain) and sex differences research. In this seminar, we will trace the history of this scientific field before placing it in conversation with feminist and queer theories. Students will utilize close reading, writing, and presentation techniques to consider sociological concepts and reframings of neuroscience.; Crosslisted: Gender & Sexuality Studies; Prerequisite(s): PSYC 217; Enrollment Limit: 12

PSYC 200: Research Methods and Statistics [S23]
A general overview of the experimental method and its use in the psychological study of behavior, coupled with in-depth treatment of statistics as applied to psychology research. Lab exercises focus on designing experiments, collecting data, applying statistical methods (using a data analysis software package), and presenting data through written assignments. 90 minutes of lab per week required in addition to lecture.; Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 or PSYC B105 or Psychology AP Score of 4 or instructor consent. ; Enrollment Limit: 35; Lottery preference(s): (1) Psychology majors, (2) sophomores, (3) seniors [non-psychology majors], (4) juniors [non-psychology majors], (5) first-year students Quantitative, Social Science, C: Physical and Natural Processes, B: Analysis of the Social World

PSYC 217: Behavioral Neuroscience [F22]
Interrelations between brain, behavior, and subjective experience. The course introduces students to physiological psychology through consideration of current knowledge about the mechanisms of mind and behavior.; Crosslisted: Psychology, Biology; Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following or instructor consent: PSYC 100, PSYC B105, BIOL H123, BIOL H124, BIOL H128, BIOL H129, Psychology AP Score 4 ; Enrollment Limit: 35; Lottery Preference(s): Priority to senior psychology or neuroscience majors, followed by junior psychology or neuroscience majors, followed by psychology or neuroscience minors. Natural Science, C: Physical and Natural Processes, B: Analysis of the Social World

UCLA

PHYSCI 98TW: Sex, Gender, and Feeding – Intersections in the Brain [S22]
Using papers investigating sex and/or gender contributions to feeding, this seminar explores how (neuro)science benefits from interdisciplinary study. Students will gain confidence interpreting data, appreciation for the scientific method, and insight into how science and society impact one another

PHYSCI C127: Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction [W21 & W22]
Understanding of reproductive neuroendocrinology throughout mammalian lifespan, with emphasis as appropriate on human condition. Discussion of general concepts of endocrine feedback and feed-forward loops, sexual differentiation, and structure and function for components of hypothalamo-pituitary gonadal axis. Exploration of sex differences in physiology and disease

CLUSTER M72CW: Feminist Neuroscience [S20]
Studies investigating sex differences in the brain are gendered. The influences of society on the scientific process cannot be ignored. Treating research as unbiased promotes scientific misunderstanding both within and outside the laboratory. Thus, learning to evaluate, interpret, and critique primary scientific literature is vital for scientific and social literacy. Students will first learn how to read, summarize, and interpret their own conclusions from neuroscience articles through active learning, group presentations, and multimodal composition. Students will then use traditional writing techniques to examine this primary research through feminist and queer theory lenses. Critical and rhetorical analyses will be used to identify and extract explicit & implicit biases from scientific questions, methods, and interpretations. By the end of the quarter, students will be able to articulate and evaluate, using textual support, the ways in which societal gender assumptions influence neuroscience sex differences research.

CLUSTER M72A&B: Sex from Biology to Gendered Society [F17/W18 & F19/W20]
Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of many ways in which sex and sexual identity shape and are shaped by biological and social forces, approached from complementary perspectives of anthropology, biology, medicine, and sociology. Specific topics include biological origins of sex differences, intersex, gender identity, gender inequality, homosexuality, sex differences, sex/gender and law, and politics of sex research.