Topic: Self-Awareness in Animals
Appropriate for First Year students.
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2:30pm-3:45pm | TuTh | 1462 Clifton Rd 231 | Lori Marino. | FSEM. | 4 | 12666 | TBA. |
January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010
Catalog Description: Fall, spring. Variable topics of special interest in the field of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Any of these NBB 190 courses will satisfy the new General Education freshman seminar requirement and will also count as an NBB elective.
Semester Details:
Content: In this course we will explore the topic of self-awareness in other animals and the related concepts of consciousness sentience, memory and identity. We will investigate these issues from a number of different scientific and philosophical angles in a range of species representing invertebrates, birds, and mammals, including humans.
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