PSYCH 115
Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 100A, Life Sciences 2 or 7A or 15. Not open to students with credit for course M117A (or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175A or Neuroscience M101A or Physiological Science M180A). Designed for juniors/seniors. Nervous system anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and their relationship to behavior. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2025 - Professor Trott is a fantastic professor and I'd highly recommend taking this class with him. He's a really engaging lecturer and he's super helpful outside of the class, he clearly cares a lot about the success of his students. I took this over A-session 2025, so we had an especially fast-paced class since everything was squeezed into 6 weeks. At times it felt like a lot of information very fast, but Professor Trott made things very manageable. The only homework was weekly quizzes that weren't too difficult, and the exams were very fair in terms of difficulty. They were a mix of multiple choice and short answer, and he allowed us to have a 1 page (front and back) sheet with notes for each exam. There was also extra credit offered on each exam, with the difficulty of the question determined by overall class attendance. Overall, I learned a lot in this class and I couldn't recommend Professor Trott enough to anyone who needs to take it.
Summer 2025 - Professor Trott is a fantastic professor and I'd highly recommend taking this class with him. He's a really engaging lecturer and he's super helpful outside of the class, he clearly cares a lot about the success of his students. I took this over A-session 2025, so we had an especially fast-paced class since everything was squeezed into 6 weeks. At times it felt like a lot of information very fast, but Professor Trott made things very manageable. The only homework was weekly quizzes that weren't too difficult, and the exams were very fair in terms of difficulty. They were a mix of multiple choice and short answer, and he allowed us to have a 1 page (front and back) sheet with notes for each exam. There was also extra credit offered on each exam, with the difficulty of the question determined by overall class attendance. Overall, I learned a lot in this class and I couldn't recommend Professor Trott enough to anyone who needs to take it.
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Summer 2020 - tldr: take Psych 115 with Tony Ye! Professor Ye does an excellent job at explaining material in a way that's easy to understand, even without a previous neuroscience background. His exams (the midterm and final) are very straightforward. He provides study guides and as long as you can answer the questions on there you should be good to go. There are weekly quizzes that are written by the TAs, and these are more difficult than professor Ye's questions. There were a few ambiguities but he gave us points back for those questions. There were a total of 15 extra credit points possible. I highly recommend going to his office hours.
Summer 2020 - tldr: take Psych 115 with Tony Ye! Professor Ye does an excellent job at explaining material in a way that's easy to understand, even without a previous neuroscience background. His exams (the midterm and final) are very straightforward. He provides study guides and as long as you can answer the questions on there you should be good to go. There are weekly quizzes that are written by the TAs, and these are more difficult than professor Ye's questions. There were a few ambiguities but he gave us points back for those questions. There were a total of 15 extra credit points possible. I highly recommend going to his office hours.
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