Type of Action:
| Course Deletion | x | Requisite Change | ||
| Course Revision | Repeatability Change | |||
| Description Change | Diversity Option | |||
| Title Change | General Education Option | |||
| Number Change | area: | |||
| Contact Hour Change | Computer Requirement | |||
| Credit Change | Writing Requirement | |||
| Add Cross-listing | Other | |||
| Effective Term: 2007 (fall 2000) | ||
| New/Current Course Number: 840 - 301 / | Crosslist Number: - / | |
| Old Course Number: ________-______/_______ | ||
| New/Current Course Title: | Physiological Psychology |
| Old Course Title: | |
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| 25 Character Abbreviation: | |
| Sponsor(s): | Meg Waraczynski |
| Department(s): | Psychology |
| College(s): | Letters and Sciences |
| Other Programs Affected: |
Check if course is required in: ____Major/Emphasis (specify):
____Minor/Emphasis (specify):
____Other (specify):
The course itself is not required but is one of a group of options that can be used to fulfill a requirement in the Psychology BA/BS and BSE majors and in the Psychology minors.
Attach the following:
I. Detailed explanation of changes (use FROM/TO format)
FROM: prerequisite: 840-211 or 5 credits of biology
TO: prerequisite: 840-211 or 4 credits of
biology or 630-110 Biology of the Brain
II. Justification for action
The Department of Biological Sciences has recently changed the credits for several lab courses from 5 to 4. Because these are the courses that non-psychology majors who have not taken Introductory Psychology usually use as the prerequisite for Physiological Psychology, this action will keep this course available to non-psychology majors. The new prerequisite structure also includes the new course Biology of the Brain, further opening availability to a more diverse student population. Either of these three courses will give students an introduction to thinking about biological systems as cells working together to accomplish a process or function. Although students who have only the "4 credits of biology" prerequisite may be deficient in some background knowledge of brain-behavior relationships, experience indicates that these are typically biology majors who make up these deficiencies on their own with little problem.