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PSYC 375. Sensation and Perception

Cross listed with: BIO 375    
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 001648 Grading Basis GRD

This course explores the nature and development of human sensory capabilities and processing, and how these affect perception of the environment. A potential list of the variety of systems reviewed includes hearing, vision, smell, taste and touch/pain, as well as phenomena such as the perception of balance. Prerequisite(s): Psychology majors: PSYC 211  or PSYC 213 . Biology majors: Declared biology neuroscience concentration, PSYC 101  or PSYC 160 , and MATH 220 , MATH 229 , MATH 285  or MATH 318 .