FRS 003 — Sec. 006 — (1 unit) — CRN 92637 — T 11:00-11:50am — 1038 Wickson
Sleep
Instructor: Anne Smith, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, School of Medicine

Description: The subject matter gives a broad overview of the neurobiology of sleep, including the stages of sleep, sleep disorders and theories behind the function of sleep. We will also discuss how sleep is related to circadian rhythms, and how it differs from anesthesia. Information will be presented through informal lectures, discussion of the book, Sleep, by J. Allan Hobson, and through group student presentations of assigned topics. The goals of the course are to give the students a broad understanding of sleep, allow students to recognize sleep disorders and an appreciation of how much is not yet known about sleep.

Format: Most meetings will consist of a 20-30 minute introductory lecture, followed by group presentations based on reading assignments. There will be two 50-minute guest lectures. Students will be assigned topics for the group presentations during the quarter. Activities outside the contact hour will include reading of selected chapters from Sleep by J. Allan Hobson. For some of these chapters, I will post an online quiz of simple questions which will test student’s knowledge of the reading material. These quizzes can be retaken until correct and will constitute 10% of final pass/fail grade. Grading: Grading will be pass/fail. Each student will prepare a final four-page report summarizing their understanding of one of the topics presented in the course. The course grade will be based on: written paper (40%); online quizzes (10%); class participation (20%) and group presentations (30%).

About the Instructor: Prof. Smith is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Her research involves the development of signal processing paradigms for the statistical analysis of time-varying neurobiological data.