Course syllabus

• Tuesday, August 29, 2017:
  • During class:
    • Introduction to the Course

• Thursday, August 31, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Read: Equilibrium Potentials I
  • During class:
    • Attitudes survey
    • Pre-unit quiz: Equilibrium Potentials I
    • Work on next problem set

• Tuesday, September 5, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Equilibrium Potentials II
  • During class:
    • Personality survey
    • Pre-unit quiz: Equilibrium Potentials II
    • Work on next problem set

• Thursday, September 7, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Passive Membrane Properties, the Resting Potential, and Electrical Models of Passive Properties
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Passive Membranes
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Equilibrium Potentials I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Tuesday, September 12, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Action Potential I: Qualitative Introduction and Current Clamp
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Action Potentials I
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Passive Membranes
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, September 14, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Action Potential II: Voltage Clamp and Analysis of the Potassium Current
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Action Potentials II
    • Work on next problem set

• Tuesday, September 19, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Action Potential III: Sodium Current, Patch Clamp, and Ion Channels
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Action Potentials III
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Action Potentials I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, September 21, 2017: No class (Rosh Hashanah)

• Tuesday, September 26, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Action Potential IV: Hodgkin-Huxley Equations and Other Conductances
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Action Potentials IV
    • Work on next problem set

• Thursday, September 28, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Action Potential V: Design and Analysis of Complex Neurons
  • During class:
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Action Potentials III & IV
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Tuesday, October 3, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Cable Properties I: Passive Properties
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Cable Properties I
    • Work on next problem set

• Thursday, October 5, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Cable Properties II: Temporal Characteristics and Myelination
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Cable Properties II
    • Work on next problem set

• Tuesday, October 10, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Cable Properties III: Design and Analysis of Branching Neurons
  • During class:
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Cable Properties I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, October 12, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Synaptic Physiology I: Postsynaptic Mechanisms
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Synaptic Physiology I
    • Work on next problem set

• Tuesday, October 17, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Synaptic Physiology II: Presynaptic Mechanisms and Quantal Analysis
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Synaptic Physiology II
    • Work on next problem set

• Thursday, October 19, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Synaptic Plasticity I: Facilitation and Depression
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Synaptic Plasticity I
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Synaptic Physiology I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey
  • After class:
    • Term Paper Proposal due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)

• Tuesday, October 24, 2017: No class (Fall Break)

• Thursday, October 26, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Synaptic Plasticity II: Introduction to Long-Term Potentiation
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Synaptic Plasticity II
    • Attitudes survey
    • Work on next problem set
  • After class:
    • Term Paper Benchmark I due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)

• Tuesday, October 31, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Synaptic Plasticity III: Design and Analysis of a Plastic Synapse
  • During class:
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Synaptic Plasticity I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, November 2, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Novel Transmitters I: Introduction to Nitric Oxide
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Novel Transmitters
    • Work on next problem set
  • After class:
    • Term Paper Benchmark II due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)

• Tuesday, November 7, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Novel Transmitters II: Design and Analysis of a Nitric Oxide Synapse
  • During class:
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Novel Transmitters
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, November 9, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Sensory Neurons: Mechano-Afferent Neurons
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Sensory Neurons
    • Work on next problem set

• Tuesday, November 14, 2017
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Simple Neuromuscular Models
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Neuromuscular Systems
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Sensory Neurons
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, November 16, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: A Simple Reflex Loop
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Reflexes
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Neuromuscular Systems
    • Learning and teamwork survey
  • After class:
    • Term Paper Benchmark III due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)

• Tuesday, November 21, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Central Pattern Generators I: From Behavior to a Circuit
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Central Pattern Generators I
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Reflexes
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Thursday, November 23, 2017: No class (Thanksgiving)

• Tuesday, November 28, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Central Pattern Generators II: Analysis of Tritonia Escape Swim Circuit Interneurons
  • During class:
    • Pre-unit quiz: Central Pattern Generators II
    • Work on next problem set
  • After class:
    • Term Paper Benchmark IV due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)

• Thursday, November 30, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Central Pattern Generators III: Role of Modulation in a Central Pattern Generator
  • During class:
    • Work on next problem set
    • Post-unit quiz: Central Pattern Generators I & II
    • Learning and teamwork survey

• Tuesday, December 5, 2017:
  • Before class:
    • Complete previous problem set
    • Read: Neural Correlates of Consciousness
  • During class:
    • Group discussion of reading
    • Attitudes survey

• Thursday, December 7, 2017:
  • During class:
    • Student Presentations
  • After class:
    • Final Term Paper due by 5 PM (required for graduate students; extra credit for undergraduates)
    • Course evaluation certification (extra credit)