Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: NEUROSCIENCE AND LAW

Department: Neuroscience

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This is a neuroscience seminar offered by a Baylor instructor. It will be relevant for graduate students at Rice as well as some undergraduate students interested in neuroscience and law. This course addresses how new discoveries in neuroscience will intersect with the making of law, the punishment of criminals, and the development of new rehabilitation strategies. The readings will bring together a unique conjunction of neurobiology, legal scholarship, and policy making. The goals of the course will be to facilitate an understanding of the neurobiological underpinnings of behaviors that are subject to legal consequences for individuals and groups, and using this emerging base of scientific information to design modern, evidence-based policy. FALL 2009: Course Meeting from October 20 - December 8, 2009, at Baylor College of Medicine, Room T-111, Mondays, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM. Instructor Permission Required.