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Molecular/Cellular Neuroscience track
TYPICAL COURSE SCHEDULE
1st year Fall Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
|
Hours
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| NURO 302 |
Techniques & Preparations
(Lab
Rotations) |
(2 hrs) |
| IGP 300A |
Bioregulation I |
(6 hrs) |
| IGP 301 |
Methodology of Modern Lab Techniques |
(0 hr) |
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Total semester hours
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(8 hrs) |
1st year Spring Semester
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Course
Number
|
Course
Title
|
Hours
|
| NURO 302 |
Techniques & Preparations
(Lab Rotations) |
(1 hr) |
| IGP 300B |
Bioregulation II |
(3 hrs) |
| NURO 345 |
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience |
(4 hrs) |
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Total semester hours
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(8 hrs) |
| |
Select Thesis Advisor |
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1st year Summer Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
|
Hours
|
| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
(Variable) |
| |
Course Electives (optional) |
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Total semester hours
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(12 hrs) |
2nd year Fall Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
|
Hours
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| NURO 320 |
Research Forum
| (4 hrs) |
| NURO 323 or PSY 274 |
The Nervous System or Neuroanatomy |
(3 hrs) |
| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
(Variable) |
| NURO 340 |
Systems Neuroscience |
(4 hrs) |
| NURO 325 |
Neuroscience Foundations |
(1 hr) |
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Course Electives (optional) |
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Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series |
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Total semester hours |
(12 hrs) |
2nd year Spring Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
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Hours
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| NURO 320 |
Research Forum |
(1 hr) |
| NURO 325 |
Neuroscience Foundations |
(1 hr) |
| NURO 346 |
Advanced Molecular Neurobiology |
(3 hrs) |
| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
(Variable) |
| |
Course Electives (optional) |
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Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series |
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Total semester hours
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(12 hrs) |
2nd year Summer Semester
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Course
Number
|
Course
Title
|
Hours
|
| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
(12 hrs) |
| |
Qualifying Examination (written) |
|
Total semester
hours
|
(12 hrs) |
3rd year Fall Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
|
Hours
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| NURO 320 |
Research Forum |
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| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
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| Optional, if needed |
Course Electives |
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Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series |
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Qualifying Examination, Phase I (oral) |
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Formation of Dissertation Committee |
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3rd year Spring Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
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Hours
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| NURO 320 |
Research Forum |
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| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
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| Optional, if needed |
Course Electives |
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Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series |
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Qualifying Examination, Phase II (oral) |
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Dissertation Thesis Proposal Meeting |
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3rd year Summer Semester
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Course
Number
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Course
Title
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Hours
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| NURO 320 |
Research Forum |
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| NURO 399 |
Research Hours |
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Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series |
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Fourth and Fifth years: Successful completion of Teaching
Apprenticeship, Research Forum; thesis research and defense
of thesis.
NOTE: Required attendance
for ALL Vanderbilt Neuroscience Graduate Students - Neuroscience
Graduate Program Seminar Series. No registration for
this series. |
Electives (other
courses may be substituted, depending on research interests)
Electives
may be not be offered every year
| NURO 324 |
Excitable Membrane Properties in Nerves |
| NURO 329 |
Molecular Basis of Psychotropic Drugs |
| NURO 335 |
Special Topics in Neuroscience |
| NURO 336 |
Advanced Neuroanatomy |
| NURO 346 |
Molecular Neurobiology |
| NURO 347 |
The Visual System |
| NURO 348 |
Contemporary Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience |
| NURO 350 |
Independent Study |
| NURO 355 |
Integrative Neuroscience |
| NURO 356 |
Molecular Neural Development |
| NURO 366 |
Molecular Basis of Neural Diseases |
| BCHM 336 |
Biochemical Toxicology |
| BIOL 230 |
Biological Clocks |
| MBIO 210 |
Principles of Genetics |
| MBIO 255 |
Cell Physiology |
| MBIO 340 |
Developmental Biology |
| BME 312 |
Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation |
| CBIO 352 |
Current Topics in Neurochemistry and
Psychopharmacology |
| EECS 350 |
Neural Networks |
| EECS 357 |
Advanced Image Processing |
| EECS 358 |
Computer Vision |
| M P&B 327 |
Molecular Neuroendocrinology |
| MP&B 330 |
Human Physiology & Molecular Medicine |
| MP&B 332 |
Regulation of Gene Transcription |
| M P&B 340 |
Human Genetics |
| PATH 327 |
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Neurological
Diseases |
| PHAR 320 |
Molecular Targets & Mechanisms |
| PHAR 324 |
Receptor Theory, Cell-Surface Receptors |
| PSY 234 |
Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience |
| PSY 269a |
Developmental Neuroscience |
| PSY 304b |
Quantitative Methods and Experimental
Design |
| PSY 309 |
Structural Equation Modeling |
| PSY 310 |
Statistical Inference |
| PSY 344 |
Neuroimaging |
| SPED 3017 |
Experimental Analysis of Behavior |
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