WELCOME TO NS 122

HOW PEOPLE MOVE

This course will take the amount of preparation time of one and one-half regular courses--i.e., an average of ten hours per week of homework. Expect to spend the full three hours each Wed in lab, plus extra lab time on projects. You should strongly consider taking only three courses as a load.

The focus of this course is how we control the movements of our bodies. To study this, you will learn a bit of human anatomy (the parts of the body), a bit of physiology (how the parts work), and a good deal of experimental science (how to read scientific papers and do experiments). Since modern science is a very collaborative process, you will do a lot of work in groups

This course will prepare you to think and act like a scientist. Knowledge of facts is important, but the essence of science is a way of exploring the world and gaining evidence to back up ideas. You will be learning the skills needed to design and carry out your own experiments on how the body moves. The course is structured so that you complete an experimental project before Thanksgiving, so that you may refine and revise the project before the end of the semester.