11 courses with the subject NSBV, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NSBV 1001002/00775 T Th 4:10pm - 5:25pm Alexis Hill 3.00 79/100
304 Barnard Hall NSBV BC2154 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 3.00 points. the instructor. Enrollment limited to 45 students. This class explores the complex interactions among genetics, hormones, environment, experience, and behavior. Topics covered include the endocrine system, sexual development, reproductive behavior, and social interactions such as affiliation, aggression, parenting, as well as homeostasis, biological rhythms, stress, memory, and mood Fall 2025: NSBV BC2154 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
NSBV 2154001/00196 M W 5:40pm - 6:55pm Kara Pham 3.00 26/40
202 Milbank Hall NSBV BC2180 Neurodevelopmental Processes and Cognitive/ Behavioral Disorders. 3 points. Not offered during 2024-2025 academic year. Explores the evolution of disorders affecting children due to some impairment in the brain or nervous system. Constitutional vulnerabilities demonstrate that nervous system injury varies as a function of neurodevelopmental stage. Disorders to be studied include those impacting language, hearing, vision, movement, mood and emotion, and learning. NSBV BC3367 Transformative Landmarks in Neuroscience. 4 points. Not offered during 2024-2025 academic year. Modern neuroscience incorporates topics from molecular neurobiology to cognition. Cognate disciplines include psychology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, neuropharmacology, neurology and psychiatry, physics, computational science. We review neuroscience landmarks through readings of scientific publications, news reports, and controversies surrounding apparently transformative research, t and contemplate contemporary viewpoints that have the benefit of hindsight.
NSBV 3376001/00743 T 4:10pm - 6:00pm William Fifer 4.00 14/15
214 Milbank Hall NSBV BC3377 Adolescent Neurobehavioral Development. 4 points. This seminar will explore neurobehavioral development throughout pubertal and adolescent stages of development. Specifically, topics will include how neuroendocrine changes induce pubertal onset, structural and functional changes in the adolescent brain, and how these developmental changes influence normal and abnormal psychophysiological processes. Students who complete this seminar will learn to: 1) demonstrate experimental methods used in developmental psychobiological research; 2) demonstrate the impact of structural and functional changes in the nervous system on the physiology and behavior of an individual; 3) critically read and interpret the primary research literature and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of experimental results; 4) conduct literature searches and synthesize these searches in to a comprehensive literature review; and 5) write a scientific literature review. Fall 2025: NSBV BC3377 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollmen
NSBV 3389001/00201 T 4:10pm - 6:00pm Luca Iemi 4.00 14/14
207 Milbank Hall PSYC GU4225 CONSCIOUSNESS # ATTENTION. 4.00 points. cognitive science and neuroanatomy is desirable, but not necessary. Modern theories attempt to characterize the human mind in terms of information processing. But machines that process information do not seem to feel anything; a computer may for instance receive inputs from a video camera, yet it would be hard to imagine that it sees or experiences the vividness of colors like we do. Nobody has yet provided a convincing theory as to how to explain the subjective nature of our mental lives in objective physical terms. This is called the problem of consciousness, and is generally considered to be one of the last unsolved puzzles in science. Philosophers even debate whether there could be a solution to this problem at all. Students in this course may be recruited for participation in a voluntary research study. Students who choose not to participate in the study will complete the same course requirements as those who do, and an individual's choice will not affect their grade or status as a student in the course PSYC GU4280 CORE KNOWLEDGE. 4.00 points. cognitive or developmental psychology, and the instructor's permission. cognitive or developmental psychology, and the instructors permission. Core Knowledge explores the origins and development of knowledge in infants and children, with an additional emphasis on evolutionary cognition. In this course, we will examine evidence from cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics to look at the childs conception of objects, number, space, language, agency, morality and the social world. We will look at which aspects of knowledge are uniquely human, which are shared with other animals, and how this knowledge changes as children develop Barnard College Catalogue 2025-2026 235
the instructor's permission; some basic knowledge of For undergraduates: courses in introductory psychology, For undergraduates: courses in introductory psychology,
NSBV 3392001/00777 W 10:10am - 12:00pm Kevin Bath 4.00 17/17
227 Milbank Hall NSBV BC3394 Neurobiology of Social Behaviors . 4 points. This course explores behavioral neuroscience through a guided reading and discussion of recent scientific literature involving research in two “opposite” behaviors, sexual courtship and aggression. These are complex social behaviors that are highly conserved across species. Although some of their features are species-specific, there are broad similarities throughout the animal kingdom. Complex interactions between genes, environmental signals, and hormones influence the development and manifestation of these behaviors, but the core circuitries involved appear to be pre-wired in the nervous system, as animals with no previous social experience can engage in normal encounters that are characterized by stereotyped behavioral patterns. The study of innate social behaviors in genetically tractable organisms offers unique opportunities to identify underlying neuronal circuitry, understand how this circuitry is genetically specified and elucidate the contributions of neuronal sexual dimorphism. NSBV BC3396 Topics in Systems Neuroscience: The Receptive Field. 4 points. How should we think about the brain? How can we simplify and interpret its dizzying complexities? And specifically, what conceptual frameworks are useful in constraining our interpretations of neuronal activity? This seminar – Topics in Systems Neuroscience – is aimed at defining and dissecting the ideas and models that guide our thinking about the brain. This semester the focus will be on the concept of the receptive field. We will examine how this idea has been applied across brain regions and sensory modalities and has been examined with experimental/computational approaches. Attention will be paid to both the historical background and contemporary views. The receptive field has provided a useful conceptual framework since the early th 20 century. After developing the traditional concept of a sensory receptive field, we will critically examine the limits of this concept. This potentially simplifying concept underlying brain function also contains open questions regarding perception, cognition and behavior. By the end of the course we will develop a richer understanding of how conceptual frameworks, in general, can help (and hurt!) but ultimately hone our thinking. NSBV BC3397 Neural Modulation. 4 points. Excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission is often influenced and altered by neuromodulators such as dopamine, acetylcholine, and serotonin. Imbalances in neuromodulation are implicated in many psychiatric disorders. This course will assess the role of neuromodulation under normal circumstances and how dysfunction in neuromodulation can lead to psychiatric disorders. This course will draw from ground breaking primary literature and review articles published in the field of neuroscience. NSBV BC3398 PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF SLEEP. 4.00 points. lment This seminar will explore sleep and circadian rhythms, emphasizing how these factors and their disruption influence human health, disease, function, and well-being. Topics will include the physiologic and neurobiological generation of sleep and circadian rhythms, and lment the interaction between these systems with cognitive, behavioral, endocrine, metabolic, and mood/psychiatric variables in humans, as well as sleep disorders and their treatment. NOTE: The course description is the same for the fall/spring course and the summer course Spring 2026: NSBV BC3398 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
(PSYC BC2119) or (PSYC BC3362) (Psyc BC1119) or (Biol BC3362)
NSBV 3398001/00041 F 10:10am - 12:00pm Ari Shechter 4.00 12/14
404 Barnard Hall NSBV BC3405 NEUROSCIENCE OF TRAUMA. 4.00 points. This course provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical models and research relevant to the neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and neurodevelopmental processes underlying psychological trauma. Cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms associated with post traumatic experience are examined from a neuroscience perspective. Neurotherapeutic treatment interventions are reviewed and critiqued as models of applied clinical neuroscience Spring 2026: NSBV BC3405 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
NSBV 3593004/00990 Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Kevin Bath 4.00 17/25
307 Milbank Hall NSBV BC3594 RSRCH/SEM-NEUROSCNC#BEHAVIOR. 4.00 points. Permission of the instructor. This is a year-long course. By the end of the spring semester program planning period during junior year, majors should identify the lab they will be working in during their senior year. Permission of the instructor. This is a year-long course. By the end of the spring semester program planning period during junior year, majors should identify the lab they will be working in during their senior year. Discussion and conferences on a research project culminate in a written and oral senior thesis. Each project must be supervised by a scientist working at Barnard or at another local institution. Successful completion of the seminar substitutes for the major examination Spring 2026: NSBV BC3594 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollmen
