Curriculum

Required Courses

The following courses (or their equivalents) are required of all students in the Neuroscience Program.

Semester 1 (Fall)
IBS 526	Neuroanatomy and Systems Neuroscience	7 credits
IBS 555	Principles of Basic Biomedical & Biological Science	6 credits
NS 570R	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit
NS 551	Techniques in Neuroscience (mini-course)	1 credit

Semester 2 (Spring)
IBS 514	Cellular, Developmental, & Molecular Neuroscience	4 credits
NS 570R	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2 credits
NS 597R	Laboratory Rotation	6 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit

During the summer term students register for GRAD 004S (Graduate residence), and complete two laboratory rotations . The summer rotations are considered particularly important, because they provide an opportunity to spend full time doing research.

Semester 3 (Fall)
IBS 699R	NS Advanced Graduate Research	8-10 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit
NS 790R	Advanced Graduate Seminar	2 credits
TATT 600	Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching	Registered by GDBBS
	Elective (either semester 3 or 4)

Students begin their dissertation project in their second year in the lab of their mentor. During this second year, one elective is taken in either Fall or Spring

Semester 4 (Spring)
IBS 699R	NS Advanced Graduate Research	8-10 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit
IBS 505	Statistics for Experimental Biology	4 credits
IBS 522	Grant Writing	4 credits
IBS 606	Values in Science (pre-semester mini-course)	1 credit
	Elective (either semester 3 or 4)

Elective Courses

The students must also meet the minimum course credit requirements of the Graduate School by taking a personalized selection of elective seminar and research courses. Only one elective course is required by the program, but students are encouraged to pursue all those electives directly relevant to their development as a neuroscientist. Students are encouraged to select their required elective from the strongly recommended group on the elective list but any other science courses that are considered important for the student's formation in Neuroscience research can be credited as an elective after approval by the DGS of the Neuroscience Program. As new courses by the Neuroscience faculty are added to the curriculum this list will be updated.

*Note that some of these courses are not offered every year. It is recommended that students contact the Director of Graduate Studies to get an updated list of electives when comes the time to enroll or to enroll in non-IBS courses.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Semester Offered
IBS 504	Introductory Prokaryotic Genetic	4	Fall
IBS 505	Human and Molecular Genetics	4	Spring
IBS 506R	Basic Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases	3	Spring
IBS 512	Cell Physiology and Biophysic	4	Spring
IBS 531	Principles in Pharmacology	4	Spring
IBS 534	Computational Neuroscience	4	Spring
IBS 535	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology	3	Fall
IBS 536	Drug Metabolism and Toxicology	2	Spring
IBS 556	Basis Biomedical and Biological Sciences 2	6	Spring
IBS 566	Drug Development	3	Spring
IBS 701	Cell Surface Receptors	3	Fall (even numbered years)
IBS 702	Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction	4	Fall
IBS 703	Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience	2	Spring
IBS 707	Biolgoy of Movement Control	4	Fall
IBS 717	Neuropharmacology	4	Fall
IBS 750	Molecular Neurobiology	4	Fall (even numbered years)
IBS 770	Brain Repair	4	Spring
IBS 532	Introduction to Pharmacology	3	Spring
PSC 770	Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience	3	Spring
PSC 720	Behavioral Effects of Drugs	3	Spring
EOH 523	Neurotoxicology	2	Spring

Faculty Research Interests: Behavioral NS Computational NS Cellular, Molecular, & Developmental NS Neuropharmacology Neurological & Psychiatric Diseases Motor Control & Movement Science Systems NS

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