KIN 301Human Anatomy of the Central Nervous System

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• tl;dr it's a good course if you want to diagnose people, but there are better ways to learn about the brain
  I took this course as an electrical engineer who is going into computational neuroscience. I thought it would be useful to understand what everyone was talking about in the papers that I was reading. Also, it would be a nice NSCE list 1 because of it's lab component.
  By the end of the course, I can confidently that I should have either taken the graduate course of neuroanatomy
  Pros:
  - Very comprehensive
  Cons:
  - Prepares you mostly for diagnosis
  - A lot of memorization especially if you haven't taken a KIN course before
  Tips:
  The assigned readings from the lecture in the textbook…

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• this course ate. Not easy, but nonetheless VERY interesting. One of my favourite courses by far. Dr. Staines lecture style is more conversational (as in it feels like he's just talking to you about a topic he truly enjoys) which I really liked. Graded components were one 30% midterm, two lab bellringers (10% midterm, 15% final), pre-lab quizzes (idk how many but 5% overall), and a 40% final. This course is not easy, its anatomy, but neuroanatomy is different, it has a focus on pathways as much as it does structures. Because of this, I found it very helpful to print out images of the cross sections in the textbook or lecture slides and use them to not all structures in a certain pathway for…

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• This course was probably one of my favourite courses in my undergrad so far. It is definitely very information heavy so you have to be quite interested in the content to make it worth it. The midterms are very straightforward but the bellringers can definitely pull your grade down. There was a written midterm, a bellringer midterm, a final, and a bellringer final. Overall, super interesting course but also relatively difficult so be ready to put some study time in.

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• Such an interesting class to take. Was a lot of work. Lots of pathways to memorize too.

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• I am a bit of an odd ball here, being in a completely different faculty, however my interest in neuroanatomy has only increased. Without a background in the sciences I struggled greatly, despite putting overwhelming hours in studying and drawing illustrations. The content is tremendously intriguing and very thorough, but it was something I just couldn't get a handle of. I would sit in again when I get the chance, but I can't write an exam for the life of me. Dr. Staines and Jeremy were far more than helpful and encouraging throughout the term :)

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