Neuroscience (MS)

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Offered by the Department of Neuroscience , College of Arts and Sciences , the Neuroscience (MS) is only open to students enrolled in the Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience (PhD) .

Admission to the Program

The Neuroscience (MS) degree is only awarded en passant to eligible students enrolled in the Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience (PhD) program. Separate application to the Neuroscience (MS) is not offered.

Degree Requirements

30 credit hours of approved graduate work
Capstone Experience: Completion of the thesis

Course Requirements

Required (9 credit hours)

Complete 9 credit hours from the following, or other graduate-level coursework approved by BCaN Director and faculty advisor:

Research Methods (3 credit hours)

NEUR-689 Neuroscience as a Profession (3)

Statistics (3 credit hours)

Complete 3 credit hours from the following:

Note: Prerequisite statistics courses can be taken and may only count towards the Electives requirement. The program recommends that students with no background or prior courses in statistics take STAT-614 Statistical Methods (3) in addition to the required 3 credit hours of statistics courses.

Seminar (3 credit hours)

NEUR-688 Seminar in Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience (3) (topics)

Elective (3 credit hours)

Complete 3 credit hours from the following, or other graduate-level courses approved by the BCaN Director and faculty advisor:

Note: Students may not use NEUR-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-3) or NEUR-799 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-6) to fulfill this area.

BIO-641 Cellular Immunology (3)
NEUR-690 Independent Study Project in Neuroscience (1-6) (with approval of BCaN Director)
PERF-515 Psychology of Music (3)
/ PSYC-515 Psychology of Music (3)

Thesis (9 credit hours)

Required

Complete 3 credit hours from the following:

NEUR-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-3)

Electives

Complete 6 credit hours from the following:

NEUR-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6) (approved topic)
NEUR-698 Directed Research (1-9)
PSYC-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6) (approved topic)
PSYC-698 Directed Research (1-9)