Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) PhD
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
PhD
Total Units Required: 9
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Required Courses | |
| Core Courses (3 units) | |
| NUIN Fall Rotation (0.33 units) | |
| NUIN Winter Rotation (0.33 units) | |
| NUIN Spring Rotation (0.33 units) | |
| Fundamentals of Neuroscience | |
| Fundamentals of Neuroscience | |
| Required First Year Courses (0 units) | |
| NUIN Graduate Foundations (0 units) | |
| Responsible Conduct in Neuroscience Research (0 units) | |
| Biostatistics Elective (1 unit). Contact NUIN to confirm whether the Biostatistics class fulfills the requirement | |
| Additional Electives (5 units). Electives may be chosen from NUIN, other Graduate Programs, or 300-level classes approved for graduate credit. Please contact NUIN to confirm whether an elective fulfills the requirement. | |
| Required Non Credit Courses | |
| Research | |
| Funded Doctoral Study | |
Other PhD Requirements
- Laboratory rotations: three research rotations (additional if necessary) and poster, written, and oral presentations, first year
- Seminar attendance: 6/quarter in Fall, Winter, Spring of first year
- Examinations: research based qualifying exam, taken during second year
- Teaching: two quarters of teaching assistantship, usually during the second year
- Thesis Committee Meetings: written proposal and oral defense of thesis project to Thesis Committee, taken during third year; annual thesis committee meetings thereafter
- Seminar presentation: oral presentation of research at a departmental or conference seminar
- Publication: at least one first author research publication in a peer-reviewed journal
- Dissertation: written dissertation, oral defense of dissertation to Thesis Committee, and public presentation of dissertation
- We require in-person research activity for students to make timely progress toward a degree