In this course, students will learn about some of the neuroscience of the visual system and how humans process visual information.  We will take a journey along the visual pathway from the object we are perceiving, through the neural pathways of the optical system, into the brain as it computes and processes the visual information and to the decision making process that evaluates the information. We will also discuss philosophical questions about vision such as "What makes us see the sky as blue?" and "How do humans identify objects so easily and universally?" "How does our attention and focus impact what and how we see?"
The session will start with an introductory icebreaker game and then we will go through a presentation where I will teach students basics of how visual information is processed, students are encouraged to ask questions and discuss topics as we go through them,  and there will be a lot of surprising and interesting facts included.  Then we will look at some optical illusions together and talk about how our brain can play tricks on our perception.  We will also talk about how attention can influence visual processing and play a fun game involving selective attention.  Then we will end with a short game about what they learned in the class.  
The intention in this class is to spark students interest about neuroscience, human perception and cognition by looking at vision and some interesting aspects of it.  No prior knowledge is required.