Neuroscience

Neuroscience Program Core Curriculum has been designed for all entering students, most of which must be completed with a grade of B- or better within two years as a prelude to doctoral candidacy. Students with deficiencies in certain academic areas may be required to take undergraduate courses.

All students complete 3 half-semester rotations in the first year as part of their formal training and to find prospective mentors. Neuroscience Rotations are half-semester "laboratory" courses (1 credit).

Neuroscience Program students are required to take 4.5 credit hours of graded elective which are advanced didactic graduate level courses and 3 credit hours of ungraded, departmental journal club or seminar courses beyond the core curriculum.

All PhD students have to fulfill a minimal requirement for teaching by the end of the 4th year.

Generally, this requirement can be fulfilled by serving as a TA for a didactic undergraduate or graduate course. Students can propose other ways to fulfill the requirement, as long as the following minimum conditions are met:

• There must be a didactic teaching component (i.e. lecturing). The student cannot simply serve as an assistant to the course director, conduct office hours, or grade papers.

• There must be direct, written feedback from a faculty member, such as the course instructor.