BIO314 Neuroanatomy
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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| BIO314 | Neuroanatomy | 3 | 0 | 6 | Tue 15:00-15:50; Thu 12:00-13:50 | |||||
| Prerequisite | Junior Standing | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Currently not available |
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| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | To introduce students the elements of the anatomy of the brain and its organization besides to contemporary issues relevant to brain | |||||||||
| Textbook | Neuroscience: Exploring the brain. Bear, Connors and Paradiso, 3rd ed. (Ch. 1, 2, 7) and Lecture notes Biopsychology (Pinel) (recommended) web based study guides: Quizzes: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/animations/hyperbrain/pathways/ Anatomy: http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience/toc.htm http://www.neuroanatomy.ca/quizzes/weekly_quiz_index.html?id=1 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/neuroanatomy | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
| Teaching Methods | lecturing, student centered learning, presentation | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction and Course Overview | Lecture notes/Chapter 1 (Bear) | ||||||||
| Week 2 | Neurons and glia | Chapter 2 (Bear) | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Classification of neurons | Chapter 2 (Bear) / lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Basic neuroanatomical terms and concepts | Lecture notes/Chapter 3 :51-54. 59-73 (Pinel) | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Gross Anatomy of the Brain: The central nervous system | Lecture notes + Chapter 7 (Bear) | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Gross Anatomy of the Brain: The peripheral nervous system | Lecture notes + Chapter 7 (Bear) | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Surface anatomy of the brain: Lateral, medial and inferior surface | Chapter 7 (Bear) http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/neuroanatomy/ | ||||||||
| Week 8 | Cross sectional anatomy of the brain | Chapter 7(Bear) / Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 9 | The cortex | Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 10 | Limbic system | Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Basal Ganglia | Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Hippocampus | Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Cerebellum | Lecture notes | ||||||||
| Week 14 | Review | |||||||||
| Week 15 | Review | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | ||
| Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
| Mid term | 30 | |||
| Presentation | 20 | |||
| Participation | 10 | |||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture Hours | 3 | 15 | 45 | Assignments | 15 | 2 | 30 | |||
| Home study | 4 | 10 | 40 | In term exam study | 15 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Final exam study | 10 | 2 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 06/11/2020 | |||||||||