Course Meeting Times
Seminar: 1 session / week, 2 hours / session
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Experimental Study Group (ESG)
The Experimental Study Group sponsors 5–10 six unit pass / fail seminars each spring on a variety of innovative subjects not covered in the regular curriculum. These seminars are open to all MIT students as well as ESG students and are intended to be hands-on and experiential in nature.
Credits and Grading
This class gives 6 units of General Elective credit. Note that the average MIT class gives 12 unites of credit. This class is graded Pass / Fail.
More Details
View the instructor’s version of the syllabus (PDF).
Calendar
| WEEK # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Drug Mechanisms, Explained with Antidepressants |
| 3 | Pharmacokinetics |
| 4 | Drug Addiction, Dopamine, and Liking vs. Wanting |
| 5 | Action Potentials, Alcohol, and Shock Therapies |
| 6 | Alcohol Antagonists |
| 7 | Dose-Response Curves |
| 8 | Anxiety and Sedatives |
| 9 | Psychosis, Antipsychotics, and Parkinson’s Disease |
| 10 | The Two Dichotomies |
| 11 | Recreational Drugs |
| 12 | Appetite and Nausea, Syringes |
