PSYC 4656 — Seminar in Biological Psychology
4 semester hoursUndergraduateSeminarNUpath CENUpath WIusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: TBostonTraditional
Offers intensive study, discussion, and practice in lab studies of physiological variables. Covers evolution of the nervous system, neurological disorders, motivation and emotion, sleep, attention and perception, learning, and memory.
Prerequisites
- all of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 53% | 7.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 54 | 57 | 95% | 1.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 53% | 7.0 |
| Summer B 2024 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 40% | 9.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 58 | 57 | 102% | 0.0 |
| Summer B 2025 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 87% | 2.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 55% | 8.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 38 | 38 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 42% · T 65% · W 24% · Th 16% · F 17%
Common patterns: T (41% of sections), M (26% of sections), MTWR (16% of sections), WF (9% of sections), TF (8% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Lesley Ricci (90% of students) · reviews
- Elisabetta del Re (10% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Lesley Ricci (37% of students) · reviews
- Rebecca Shansky (25% of students) · reviews
- Kyle Gobrogge (25% of students) · reviews
- Elisabetta del Re (13% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Lesley Ricci (100% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Lesley Ricci (48% of students) · reviews
- Mikaela Laine (30% of students) · reviews
- Jocelyn Breton (22% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (PSYC course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PSYC courses · Plan it at numap.app