Program Description
The PhD Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) provides high-level, scholarly, scientific training to qualified individuals interested in pursuing diverse careers to research, foster, disseminate and facilitate an in-depth understanding of the nervous system under normal and pathological conditions.
- Provides high-level, scholarly, scientific training
- disseminate and facilitate an in-depth understanding of the nervous system under normal and pathological conditions
Curriculum of study includes neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology Requires completion of a research thesis under the tutelage of internationally recognized GPN faculty.
Curriculum 5.5 years, 180 credits
First Year | Credits | |
---|---|---|
GC 550 | Found in Biomedical Sciences | 10 |
NS 601 | Profiles in Neurosci Research | 1 |
NS 616 | Neuroscience Journal Club I | 1 |
NS 710 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
GC 760 | PhD Laborator Rotation II | 3 |
NS 910 | Research-NS | V |
NS 700 | Intro to Neuroscience | 2 |
GC 640 | Research Ethics | 1 |
NS 626 | Neuroscience Journal Club II | 1 |
NS 720 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
GC 770 | PhD Laboratory Rotation | 3 |
NS 920 | Research-NS | V |
NS 715 | MolecularCellular Neuroscience | 2 |
V | Journal Club | 1 |
NS 730 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
NS 690 | Neuropharmacology | 2 |
GC 780 | PhD Laboratory Rotation IV | 3 |
NS 920 | Research-NS | V |
NS 745 | AdvTop NeurodegenerativeDiseas | 2 |
NS 930 | Research-NS | V |
Credits | 35 | |
Second Year | ||
NS 616 | Neuroscience Journal Club I | 1 |
NS 710 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
NS 910 | Research-NS | V |
NS 626 | Neuroscience Journal Club II | 1 |
NS 720 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
NS 940 | Research | V |
NS 636 | Neuroscience Journal Club III | 1 |
NS 730 | Seminar-NS | 1 |
NS 530 | Neuroanatomy | 4 |
NS 740 | Applied Statistics in Neurosci | 2 |
GC 730 | Planning&Writing ResearchGrant | 1 |
NS 920 | Research-NS | V |
General Elective | V | |
NS 930 | Research-NS | V |
Comprehensive Examination | ||
Credits | 13 | |
Third Year | ||
Continue/complete Thesis Research | ||
Credits | 0 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Continue/complete Thesis Research | ||
Credits | 0 | |
Fifth Year | ||
Continue/complete Thesis Research | ||
Credits | 0 | |
Total Credits | 48 |