Curriculum
Sample Graduate Course Sequence
Required Courses
(offered every year)
- PCB 5845
- Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
- PSB 5341
- Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSB 5230C
- Vertebrate Neuroanatomy
- PSB 5057
- Molecules to Behavior
- PSB 5077
- Responsible Conduct of Research
- PSY 6919
- Research Design and Analysisa
- Directed Individual Study
- Two laboratory rotations required
aRecommended as a required course for students entering Fall 2008 and later
Core Electives
(Take at least 1 from each cluster: A and B)
A. Physiology Cluster
- PCB 5835
- Advanced Neurophysiology and Biophysics#
- PCB 5795
- Sensory Physiology#
- PCB 5137
- Advanced Cell Biology*
- PCB 5xxx**
- Developmental Neuroscience (course under development)#
*Committee may require a second physiology course in addition to PCB 5137
B. Behavioral Cluster
- PSB 5406
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- PSB 6059**
- Behavioral Endocrinology
- PSB 5xxx**
- Neuropharmacology (starts Fall 09)#
**New course numbers will be assigned after approval by the University Curriculum Committee.
#Available on a three year cycle
Other Elective Courses
(examples)
Molecular Biology
Advanced Molecular Biology
Immunology
Computational Methods in Biology
Vitamins and Minerals
Advanced Toxicology (FAMU College of Pharmacy)
Advanced Seminars
Seminar in Physiology
Seminar in Physiological Psychology
Seminar in Sensory Processes
Seminar in Pain and Suffering
Seminar in Genetics and Cell Biology
Weekly Events
Neuroscience Colloquium
Howard Baker Research Seminar
Program in Neuroscience Summer Seminar
Annual Events
- PSB 6070
- Current Problems in Neuroscience (associated with The Rushton Lecture Series)