Of what relevance is cognitive neuroscience to literature? This course steers through the thickets of neuroscience and maps areas where the general principles of neurobiology directly inform core issues in literary studies. The aim is to introduce students to the dynamic relations between brain, body, and culture while providing a grounding in Neurohumanism through world literary classics. Topics include Visual Perception, Trauma, Memory, Language, Theory of Mind, Emotion, and Identity.

Prerequisites: Writing 2, or 50, or 109, or English 10 or upper-division standing

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area E Writing
PARK S
Sowon Park
4.3
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ENG171 . Park S 4 Months Ago

I thoroughly enjoyed Neurohumanism. It was such an interesting class, and I'm glad I got to learn a lot without having the huge stress of trying to get a good grade, since the grading scale is so flexible (82+ is an A+). Because of this, I feel like I performed even better and got to enjoy what I was learning more. Would definitely recommend.

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ENG171 . Park S 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

Professor Park is an amazing professor. She is so engaging and her lectures are always eye-opening. As an English major, yes, the neuroscience content was difficult to grasp at first but definitely doable. Study for midterm, go to lecture, and take really good notes. Highly recommend this class.

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170TS . Park S 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Dr. Park is a gem of a professor and a human being. She cares so deeply, provides thought provoking material, as well as the space to deal with it in. This class can be what you make it, you'll probably pass with minimal work but thats just doing yourself a disservice. Go to her office hours!! Engage with the material and bring your own questions!!

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ENG171 . Park S 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Amazing professor! She definitely cares so much about this topic and this class and I found it really enlightening to learn from her. Class is based on test midterm, final essay, and participation, all easy to achieve good scores on if you do the work. Midterm is all covered in the quizlet that gets passed around so isn't too bad. So captivating!

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ENG171 . Park S 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Choose a good TA, just the important thing for this class.

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ENG171 . Park S 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

ENGL171NH was a super interesting course imo. Dr. Park made the material easier to understand and I definitely learned a lot through the class. Also, the midterm was not too hard (there is room to get a few wrong and still get 100%) and the final was pretty interesting to write

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