Year 1:
Fall:
- Coursework: Required Principles of Neuroscience 1 and literature presentation course. Most students also take one ore more elective courses.
- Research: elective lab rotation
- Attend seminar and journal clubs
Spring:
- Coursework: Required Principles of Neuroscience 2 and literature presentation course. Most students also take one ore more elective courses.
- Research: elective lab rotation
- Attend seminars and journal clubs
Summer:
- Research: elective lab rotation
- Choose thesis advisor and lab.
Year 2:
- Coursework: Required Statistics and ethics courses. Complete elective coursework
- Research: full time research in chosen laboratory
- Students are required to submit a predoctoral fellowship (NRSA, NSF or other relevant fellowship) in the spring of year 2.
- Students take the qualifying examination at the end of their second year.
- Attend seminars and journal clubs
Year 3 and beyond:
- Apply for admission to candidacy (year 3)
- Research: full time dissertation research
- Coursework: complete any outstanding elective coursework
- Teaching Assistantship: graduate students are required to complete at least 1 semester as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course
- Attend seminars and journal clubs
- Complete research, write, submit and defend dissertation (year 5)
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