PSYC 343 - Seminar on States of Consciousness

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

A consideration of conditions giving rise to disruptions of awareness and implications for behavioral integration. Topics serving as areas of discussion may include: sleep and dreaming; hypnosis and hypnagogic phenomena; drug behavior and biochemistry; cerebral damage; dissociations of consciousness such as blindsight; psychopathologic states. Mr. Bean, Ms. Christensen.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 241 or PSYC 243.

Open to seniors. For majors, satisfactory completion of a research methods course (PSYC 209, PSYC 219, PSYC 229, PSYC 239, PSYC 249, PSYC 259) is a prerequisite for these courses. Seminar seats are assigned according to a department lottery system. Please contact department office for lottery information. Non-majors and juniors should consult the instructor.