COGS 174. Drugs: Brain, Mind, and Culture (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/COGS.html#cogs174
Description
This course explores how drugs interact with the brain/mind and culture. It covers evolutionary and historical perspectives, brain chemistry, pharmacology, expectancies and placebo effects, and models of addiction. It also provides a biopsychosocial survey of commonly used and abused substances. Prerequisites: upper-division standing.
Prerequisite courses
COGS 174 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have COGS 174 as a prerequisite.