Concentration in Neuroscience
REQUIREMENTS
Students pursuing a Concentration in Neuroscience must take NEUS 501 and 502 and at least 6 additional hours of neuroscience courses at the 400- or 500-level, outside student’s major department. Students are required to attend at least one semester of Journal Clubs from GPN. Neuroscience electives will be assessed and approved by the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN). Research, departmental seminars (journal clubs), and independent study cannot be included in these 6 hours of course credit. Students must submit the topic of their doctoral dissertation and a list of the courses in neuroscience that they have successfully completed (a grade of B or better) to the DGS of the GPN for approval no later than the time of the preliminary examination.
Departments from which a student can seek the interdepartmental concentration
Departments from which a student can seek the interdepartmental concentration:
Graduate Program (College)
- Anatomy and Cell Biology (Medicine)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (Medicine)
- Bioengineering (Engineering)
- Biological Sciences (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Biopharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacy)
- Chemistry (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Hispanic Linguistics (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Kinesiology and Nutrition (Applied Health Sciences)
- Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (Pharmacy)
- Biobehavioral Nursing Science (Nursing)
- Philosophy (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Physiology and Biophysics (Medicine)
- Psychology (Liberal Arts and Sciences)