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School of Medicine and Psychology · ANU College of Science and Medicine
Course first offered: 2025. Only available to students in the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology. What is a mind? How do brains give rise to thoughts, feelings, and conscious experiences? And how can different research traditions interact fruitfully to help explore one of the last great mysteries? This course will provide a general introduction to Philsophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology. It will introduce students to the promise and challenges of studying the mind from multiple disciplinary perspectives, giving students access to the basic vocabulary, methods, and constructs of the three component fields. It will also expose students to different views about the relationship between the component fields, covering basic topics in scientific inquiry, levels of analysis, and different descriptive perspectives. Through the laboratory component, students will have the opportunity to work on a variety of simulated and practical experiments, connecting their in-class learning to hands-on transdisciplinary experiences.
Weekly lab exercises (hurdle requirements)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Written reflections (approx 10)
Learning outcomes 4
Final Exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the semester including: • Face-to face component of 2 hour weekly seminars and 2 hour weekly labs through the semester (36 hours total) • Approximately 82 hours of self-directed study which will include reading and preparation for other assessment tasks.
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