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Research methods in psychology including single subject and group experiments, case studies, psychological test construction and observational field techniques. Emphasis on hands-on experience in labs and on lab reports.

Survey with emphasis on the successful design of insects and their innovative features. Aspects of insect biology, including communication, defense, feeding, and mating behaviors. Social behavior with a focus on termite, ant, and honey bee societies. Beneficial uses of insects such as silk and pollination, and negative interactions with humans, including disease vectors, parasites, and crop pests. (Gen.Ed. BS) Formerly ENTOMOL 126.

This course expands on skills learned in the introductory course. Students learn how to use basic implements such as plows and harrows and are exposed to professionals in horse-powered fields.

This three-credit course includes in-class lectures, field trips, design studio and a hands-on field component, to offer students a deepened practice in permaculture design process and techniques. The course culminates with students completing their own permaculture design for a site in the pioneer valley.

Overview of the ecological principles related to agricultural ecosystems, and to the ways these principles work in modern industrialized, traditional, and alternative agricultural systems. Students will evaluate the sustainability of agricultural ecosystems.

The purpose of this course is to introduce undergraduate students to the scientific method for research in plant science. Working in teams and with a team of instructors, students will design and carry out research projects, evaluate results and draw conclusions.

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Methods used in the study of neuroscience and behavior including small animal neurosurgery and measurement of behavioral effects of drugs and hormones. Prerequisites: PSYCH 241, 330.

The course will examine high-level vision and memory from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. We will discuss current brain-based theories of high-level vision and memory, including accounts of object recognition (i.e., object identification), accounts of recognition memory and accounts of amnesia. We will discuss the organization of these functions in the brain (Does the brain contain a "module" for faces?) and look at the cognitive consequences of damage to brain regions important for these functions (Does medial temporal lobe damage lead to problems with only memory?).