Sample Syllabi

• PS388: Neurobiology of Eating & Eating Disorders (Boston College)
• PS481/PSYC4481: Research Practicum in Behavioral Neuroscience (Boston College)
• PSY-211: Learning and Memory (Wheaton College)
• PSY-225: Brain, Mind and Behavior (Wheaton College)
• PSY-227: Drugs and Behavior (Wheaton College)
• PSY-341: Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience (Wheaton College)
• PSY-398: Neurobiology of Eating & Eating Disorders (Wheaton College)

Sample Activities, Assignments, & Lab Exercises

• PSY-211: Learning and Memory (Wheaton College)
  • ​Demonstrating Habituation and Sensitization
  • Demonstrating Classical Conditioning
  • Demonstrating Motor Skill Learning
  • Demonstrating Verbal Learning  
• PSY-225: Brain, Mind and Behavior (Wheaton College)
  • [Neuro]Scientist Spotlight
  • ​Build-A-Brain #1 (Module: Foundations of the Brain)
  • Build-A-Brain #2 (Module: Sensory & Motor Systems)
  • Build-A-Brain #3 (Module: Neural Control of Behavior)
• PSY-341: Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience (Wheaton College)
  • ​Lab Exercise: Behavioral Scoring
  • Lab Exercise: Comparative Neuroanatomy
  • Lab Exercise: Basic Histological Techniques
  • Lab Exercise: Basic Microscopy 
  • Lab Exercise: Tracer Analysis
  • Lab Exercise: Image Analysis
  • Lab Exercise: Basics of Working with Rats & Estrous Phase Detection
  • Using an Atlas to Find Stereotaxic Coordinates
  • Psychopharmacological Manipulations
• General
  • Using Databases to Find Articles
  • Group Project Reflection: Self and Peer Evaluation

Course Evaluations (student responses)

• PS388: Fall 2012
• PS481: Spring 2013
• PS481: Spring 2014
• PSYC4481: Fall 2014
• Fall 2021 (PSY-211, PSY-225, PSY-227)
• Spring 2021 (PSY-225, PSY-227, PSY-341)

Teaching Evaluations (outside feedback)

• Class session observed by Dr. Sindy Cole (2/21/14)
• Guest lecture observed by Dr. Jef Lamoureux (4/7/14)
• Guest lecture observed by Dr. Alexa Veenema (3/21/18)
• Class session observed by Drs. Katherine Eskine & Matthew Gingo (4/20/22)