Neuroscience – Graduate Program

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Director: Pat Levitt, PhD

Programs

Master’s Degree

• •  Neuroscience (MS)

Doctoral Degree

• •  Neuroscience (PhD)

Courses

Neuroscience (Graduate)

• NSCI 524 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Study of the nervous system at multiple levels through the analysis of four themes: motor control; emotion, motivation, and decision-making; memory and learning; and vision.
  Prerequisite: BISC 421 .
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 524.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as PHBI 524
• NSCI 525 Advanced Overview of Neurosciences II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Sensory and motor systems, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral systems, computational neuroscience.
  Prerequisite: BISC 421 .
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 525.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 531 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Introduces fundamental principles of advanced molecular and cellular neurobiology including proteins and nucleic acids, cell biology of neurons and glia, synaptic transmission and neuronal signaling.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 531.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as INTD-567
• NSCI 532 Systems and Behavioral Neurobiology

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Systems and behavioral neurobiology: hierarchical mechanisms controlling behavior, experimental techniques; perceptual (visual, auditory, somatosensory) systems; sensorimotor systems; motivated behavior; learning, memory and adaptation.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 538 Neuroscience Ethics and Professionalization

  Units: 1
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Exposes students to ethical issues in scientific research, especially for neuroscience; scientific integrity and professional roles for the academician and neuroscientist.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 538.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 539 Seminar in Neurobiology

  Units: 1
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Seminar in Neurobiology.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 539.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 540 Advanced Seminars in Neuroscience

  Units: 1
  Max Units: 8.0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Advanced topic based seminarstyle courses in the diverse areas of Neuroscience.
  Recommended Preparation: NSCI 524 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only graduate students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 541 Advanced Seminars in Neuroscience

  Units: 2
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Advanced topic-based, seminar-style courses in the diverse areas of Neuroscience.
  Prerequisite: NSCI 524 .
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 541.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 599 Special Topics

  Units: 2, 3, 4
  Max Units: 8.0
  Special topics providing background for instruction and research in neuroscience through lectures, discussions, assigned readings and student presentations.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• NSCI 790 Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 790.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• NSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 794abcdz.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• NSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 794abcdz.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
  
  
• NSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 794abcdz.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
  
  
• NSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 794abcdz.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit
  
  
• NSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 0
  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Duplicates Credit in former NEUR 794abcdz.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Neuroscience Graduate and Neuroscience majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit