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Department of Life Sciences (570)
Track Life Sciences – Etgar program and Cognition in Dual Major track (4026)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
69166
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
1
+
570
69174
GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
6
1
1
+
570
72140
GUIDED SEMINAR - HONOR'S PROG.
3
9
1
570
72155
GENERAL GENETICS A
5
2
1
570
72160
Biology basic
3
1
1
570
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
1
+
570
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
1
570
76414
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR LIFE SCIEN.
0
3
1
570
77133
Mechanics 1
5
1
1
+
570
77134
Electricity, magnetism and waves 2
5
2
1
+
570
Total Compulsory Points: 36
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
THE PHILOS. FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
3
1
0
143
6112
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
3
1
0
143
6115
COGNITIVE PROCESSES FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCES
3
2
1
143
6116
ALGEBRA FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE
5
1
1
143
6117
ANALYSIS FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE
5
2
0
143
6130
Python the practical aspect
2
2
0
143
6141
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FOR COGNITIVE SCIE.
2
1
0
143
6164
From molecules to Neurons
3
1
0
143
6166
From nerve cell to behavior - for first year students
4
2
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 30
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
THE PHILOS. FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
3
1
0
143
6112
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
3
1
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 6
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72120
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELL
6
1
2
570
72332
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
5
2
2
570
72356
Biochemistry lab for 2nd year
4
2
2
570
72390
GUIDED SEMINAR - HONOR'S PROG.
3
9
2
570
72923
Encountering Current Research for Etgar Students
3
2
2
570
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
570
76414
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR LIFE SCIEN.
0
3
2
570
Total Compulsory Points: 21
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6117
ANALYSIS FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE
5
2
0
143
6120
B.A Seminar
4
9
2
143
6132
RESEARCH METHODS IN COGNITION
5
2
2
143
6167
From a nerve cell to behavior
4
2
0
143
6168
Neuropsychology
2
1
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 20
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
THE PHILOS. FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
3
1
0
143
6112
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
3
1
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 6
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
570
72128
-Introduction to Biology and Evolution of Organisms
5
1
570
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
570
72336
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY
5
1
570
72362
INT. TO MICROBIOLOGY - HONOR'S PROG.
4
1
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
Nervous system physiology
5
2
570
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
570
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
570
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
570
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72350
HUMAN GENETICS
3
1
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
570
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
570
72625
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
5
1
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72501
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
4
2
570
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
2
1
570
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
570
72639
PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
4
2
570
72651
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL CELLS
3
2
570
72659
Population Genetics
4
2
570
72665
IMMUNOLOGY
4
1
570
72668
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY
6
9
570
72683
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF EUKARYOTES
2
1
570
72940
Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology
4
5
570
72941
The Biology of Cancer
3
2
570
72942
Computational Biostatistics
3
1
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
88895
Practical statistics using R
4
1
570
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
570
90106
The evolution of the animal kingdom
4
2
570
90820
conservation biology
5
2
570
90889
Evolution Systematics and Ecology of arachnids
5
2
570
94623
Microbiology-lab
3
2
570
72616
Introduction to Biotechnology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
9
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
78868
VISUAL and COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
78868
VISUAL and COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6111
Meaning and Computation
2
2
143
6134
The highest cognition: brain mechanisms for language and arithmetic
2
2
570
6160
The computations that make us who we are.
2
1
570
6169
Animal Cognition
2
2
570
6821
Arguments for the existence of God
2
2
143
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
1
143
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
2
2
570
6849
Philosophy, Cognition and Computation.
2
2
570
6859
Advanced Logic
2
1
570
6860
What is knowledge? Reading Plato
2
1
570
6861
Main topics of biological psychiatry
2
1
570
15342
Current Topics in Philosophy of Mind: the Interface between Philosophy and Science
2
1
570
15902
Perceptual Experience and Valence
2
2
570
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
570
51415
Social Neuroscience
2
1
570
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
570
36602
PHONOLOGY B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
36603
MEANING AND CONTEXT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
143
36604
SYNTACTIC THEORY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
143
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
0
570
Total Compulsory Points: 0
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6119
COMPUTATION AND COGNITION
6
1
0
143
6124
SEMINAR PAPER
4
3
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 10
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72396
GUIDED PROJECT IN BIOL. RESEARCH - HONOR'S PROG.
5
9
0
570
Total Compulsory Points: 5
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
570
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
570
72336
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY
5
1
570
72362
INT. TO MICROBIOLOGY - HONOR'S PROG.
4
1
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
Nervous system physiology
5
2
570
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
570
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
570
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
570
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6016
Research Methods in Social Activism
4
9
143
6137
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE LAB.
4
9
570
6147
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE LAB.
4
9
570
51301
Experimental Psychology
4
2
570
72396
GUIDED PROJECT IN BIOL. RESEARCH - HONOR'S PROG.
5
9
570
and
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72350
HUMAN GENETICS
3
1
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
570
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
570
72625
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
5
1
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72501
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
4
2
570
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
2
1
570
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
570
72639
PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
4
2
570
72651
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL CELLS
3
2
570
72659
Population Genetics
4
2
570
72665
IMMUNOLOGY
4
1
570
72668
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY
6
9
570
72683
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF EUKARYOTES
2
1
570
72940
Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology
4
5
570
72941
The Biology of Cancer
3
2
570
72942
Computational Biostatistics
3
1
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
88895
Practical statistics using R
4
1
570
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
570
90106
The evolution of the animal kingdom
4
2
570
90820
conservation biology
5
2
570
90889
Evolution Systematics and Ecology of arachnids
5
2
570
94623
Microbiology-lab
3
2
570
72616
Introduction to Biotechnology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
9
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
78868
VISUAL and COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
78868
VISUAL and COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6111
Meaning and Computation
2
2
143
6134
The highest cognition: brain mechanisms for language and arithmetic
2
2
570
6160
The computations that make us who we are.
2
1
570
6169
Animal Cognition
2
2
570
6821
Arguments for the existence of God
2
2
143
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
1
143
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
2
2
570
6849
Philosophy, Cognition and Computation.
2
2
570
6859
Advanced Logic
2
1
570
6860
What is knowledge? Reading Plato
2
1
570
6861
Main topics of biological psychiatry
2
1
570
15342
Current Topics in Philosophy of Mind: the Interface between Philosophy and Science
2
1
570
15902
Perceptual Experience and Valence
2
2
570
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
570
51415
Social Neuroscience
2
1
570
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
570
36602
PHONOLOGY B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
36603
MEANING AND CONTEXT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
143
36604
SYNTACTIC THEORY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
1
143
34861
Introduction to Language Processing
1
1
143
34940
Read, Part A: A Fundamental Processes of Reading
3
1
143
34995
Reading - Part B: Reading, Disabilities
2
2
143
51601
Mathematical Modeling of Cognition
3
2
570
51983
Simulation Games and Processes of Negotiation
3
1
570
67548
Introduction to Information and Inference
4
1
143
67577
Introduction to Machine Learning
5
2
143
67658
Natural Language Processing
3
1
570
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
143
76900
From Molecules to Circuits
3
2
570
76901
Systems Neuroscience
3
1
570
76908
Dynamics of Computation in the Brain
4
2
143
76915
Information and Coding in the Brain
4
1
570
76915
Information and Coding in the Brain
4
1
570
76920
Colloquium in Brain Sciences
0
9
570
76931
Dynamical Systems and the Neuron
2
1
570
76937
The Biological Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
2
2
143
76949
The Degenerating Brain: From Research to Hope
2
2
570
76952
Recent Developments in Molecular Neuroscience
4
9
570
76956
Modeling Neurons and Neuronal Networks
2
2
570
80428
GAME THEORY (1)
3
2
143
51414
The Neuroscience of Empathy
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
51577
Fundamentals of Cognitive Electrophysiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
51871
Cognitive and Motivational (in) Consistency
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
76914
BRAIN, MUSIC AND EMOTION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
1
570
76932
THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEURONAL PROCESSING
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
143
77902
Physics, Brain and Free Will
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Life Sciences
( 570)
Total Point in program Cognitive and Brain Sciences
( 143)
Compulsory
Compulsory in the teaching program
37
Compulsory basic studies
25
Compulsory elective
25-29
Total in the teaching program
87-91
Additional teaching program
68
Total for the degree (minimum)
155
Total for the degree (maximum)
160
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
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