Curriculum

Required Courses

The following courses (or their equivalents) are required of all students in the Neuroscience Program. Each student must register for at least 12 credit hours per semester to maintain status as a full-time student.

Semester 1 (Fall)
IBS 526	Neuroanatomy and Systems Neuroscience	7 credits
NS 570R	Neuroscience: Communication and Ethics	2 credits
NS 551	Techniques in Neuroscience	1 credit
NS 597R	Laboratory Rotation	1 credit
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit
PSI 600	Scholarly Integrity Core Class (pre-semester)	0 credits

Semester 2 (Spring)
IBS 514	Cellular, Developmental, & Molecular Neuroscience	7 credits
NS 570R	Neuroscience: Communication and Ethics	2 credits
NS 597R	Laboratory Rotation	2 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit

During the summer students register for RES 999GSAS: (Graduate residence). The summer rotations are considered particularly important, because they provide an opportunity to spend full time doing research.

Semester 3 (Fall)
IBS 699R	Advanced Graduate Research	5-9 credits*
XXXX	Elective course	4 credits
NS 790R	Advanced Graduate Seminar	2 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit
TATT 600	Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching	N/A

Semester 4 (Spring)
IBS 699R	Advanced Graduate Research	2-6 credits*
IBS 538	Design & Analysis of Experiments**	4 credits
IBS 522R	Grant Writing	4 credits
IBS 530R	Frontiers In Neuroscience Seminar	1 credit

*the number of credits that should be chosen for IBS 699R is adjusted to make it up to a total of 12 credit hours for the semester depending on other courses the student must register for.
**or other graduate Stats course after consultation with the DGS.

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 506R	Basic Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases	4	Spring
IBS 531	Principles in Pharmacology	4	Fall
IBS 534	Computational Neuroscience	4	Spring (even years)
IBS 535	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology	3	Fall (even years)
IBS 536	Drug Metabolism and Toxicology	2	Spring
IBS 701	Cell Surface Receptors	3	Fall (even years)
IBS 702	Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction	4	Fall (even years)
IBS 703R	Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience	2	Spring (odd years)
IBS 707	Biology of Movement Control	4	Fall
IBS 717	Neuropharmacology	4	Fall
IBS 750	Molecular Neurobiology	4	Spring (even years)
IBS 770 / PSYC 770P	Brain Repair	4	Fall
IBS 532	Introduction to Pharmacology	3	Spring
EH 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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