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Twin Cities Campus
Neuroscience MinorNeuroscience
Medical School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-6474; fax: 612-626-6460)
Email:
neurosci@umn.edu
Website: http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu
Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. The objects of this inquiry, the brain and nervous system, are sufficiently complex and unique among biological systems to require experimental and analytical approaches that cross the traditional boundaries of molecular and cell biology, behavioral biology, biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology. In some instances, neuroscientific inquiry may also encompass computer science, information processing, engineering, physics, and mathematics.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Electives (8 credits)
All students pursuing the minor must take at least eight elective credits, selected in consultation with the Neuroscience director of graduate studies.
NSC 5203 - Basic and Clinical Vision Science
(3.0 cr)
NSC 5461 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
NSC 5462 - Neuroscience Principles of Drug Abuse
(2.0 cr)
NSC 5561 - Systems Neuroscience
(4.0 cr)
NSC 5661 - Behavioral Neuroscience
(2.0 cr)
NSC 8026 - Neuro-Immune Interactions
(3.0 cr)
NSC 8111 - Quantitative Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
NSC 8208 - Neuropsychopharmacology
(3.0 cr)
NSC 8211 - Developmental Neurobiology
(2.0-4.0 cr)
NSC 8320 - Readings in Neurobiology
(1.0-4.0 cr)
NSC 8411 - Teaching in Neuroscience
(1.0 cr)
NSC 8481 - Advanced Neuropharmaceutics
(4.0 cr)
NSCI 4101 - Development of the Nervous System: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 4105 - Neurobiology Laboratory I
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 4201 - Neuroscience of Drug Abuse
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 4501 - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mechanisms to Therapies
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 5101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 5501 - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mechanisms to Therapies
(3.0 cr)
NSCI 6110 - Neuroscience for Dental Students
(2.0 cr)
NSCI 6112 - Medical Neuroscience for Professional Students
(5.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Doctoral
Masters
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Phcl 5462/Nsc 5462 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | MVB 8361/NSc 8026/Psy 8026 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 16.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CMB 8481/NSc 8481/Phm 8481 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Nsci 4100/Nsci 8211 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Nsci 4501/Nsci 5501 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |