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Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Neuroscience Ph.D.Neuroscience
Medical School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-6474; fax: 612-626-6460)
Email:
neurosci@umn.edu
Website: http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
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
Special Application Requirements:
Applicants are required to take the GRE General Test. Students whose native language is not English are required to take the TOEFL and obtain a minimum score of 625 (paper) or 107 (Internet); or obtain 6.5 on the IELTS examination. There are no minimum GPA or GRE score requirements to apply.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
21
credits are required in the major.
6 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 2 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
The neuroscience PhD curriculum begins in the summer session with the intensive laboratory course in cellular and molecular neurobiology (NSC 5551), held at the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories.
The core curriculum continues on the Twin Cities campus with NSC 5461, 5561, 5661, and 8211. While taking these courses, students explore research opportunities in the faculty's laboratories and thereby select a thesis advisor.
Students will also participate in journal clubs (NSC 8320) to discuss work in the field of Neuroscience. Elective courses totaling 6 credits are required and selected in consultation with the advisor.
Students with sufficient background and previous course experience may apply for a waiver of specific requirements. A student, if they so choose, must take at least 12 elective credits to receive a minor (typical minors include cell biology, physiology, statistics, and psychology). Students are also expected to participate in teaching neuroscience and to attend the weekly colloquiums, as well as neuroscience seminars and sessions devoted to professional development. Students are strongly encouraged to attend seminars in other areas and departments that may interest them.
Summer - First Year
NSC 5551: Cell & Molecular Neurobiology Lab at Itasca (4 cr)
Fall - First Year
NSC 5461: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience (4 cr)
NSC 5561: Systems Neuroscience (4 cr)
NSC 8321: Career Skills and Understanding Responsibilities as a Neuroscientist (0.5 cr)
Spring - First Year
NSC 5661: Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr)
NSC 8211: Developmental Neurobiology (3 cr)
NSC 8320: Neuroscience Seminar Series Journal Club (Section 2) (1 cr)
NSC 8321: Career Skills and Understanding Responsibilities as a Neuroscientist (0.5 cr)
Fall - Second Year
NSC 8321: Career Skills and Understanding Responsibilities as a Neuroscientist (0.5 cr)
Spring - Second Year
NSC 8320: Neuroscience Seminar Series Journal Club (Section 2) (1 cr)
Electives
During the course of PhD studies, take at least 6 credits of electives. Electives are chosen in consultation with the advisor.
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