Neuroscience Graduate Program Course List
Link to UVa Registar for Course offering Directory and ISIS
Graduate Programs Office-list of course offer by BIMS
Academics
First Year Fall Semester Courses:
All first year students are expected to enroll in the following classes:
BIMS 512 Cell Structure & Function 5 credits
NESC 703 Neurobiology 5 credits
NESC 801 Neuroscience Seminar 2 credits
this includes the required seminar preview
NESC 808 Student Seminar 1 credit
NESC 815 Intro to Research/lab rotation 2 credits
Total Fall Semester Credits 15 topical credits
First Year Spring Semester Courses:
NESC 706 Fundamentals of Neuroscience 5 credits
Be aware that this class starts on January 3rd, not the 17th
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/ome/sched/home.cfm
NESC 802 Neuroscience Seminar 2 credits
this includes the required seminar preview
NESC 808 Student Seminar 1 credit
NESC 816 Intro to Research/lab rotation 2 credits
and, if offered
NESC 720 Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience 3 credits
(offered every other spring semester, Spring 2009)
or 2 of the following
NESC 825 Current Topics in Nesc I 2 credits
NESC 830 Current Topics in Nesc II 2 credits
NESC 845 Current Topics in Nesc III 2 credits
Total Spring Semester Topical Credits 13/14 topical credits
Total First year credits for student should be 28 or 29 credits
Students should be thinking about selecting a mentor from their lab rotations. This decision should be made by the end of April and the BIMS form turned into the NGP-BIMS program coordinator, Tracy Mourton.
Second Year Fall Semester Courses:
All second year students are expected to enroll in the following classes:
NESC 801 Neuroscience Seminar 2 credits
this includes the required seminar preview
NESC 808 Student Seminar 1 credit
NESC 815 Intro to Research/Lab Research 2 credits
All second year students are expected to choose between the following:
Current Topics I up to 4 credits
Current Topics II up to 4 credits
Current Topics III up to 4 credits
(See options below)
and/or
Approved Elective or Electives (see examples below)
Second Year Spring Semester Courses:
All second year students are expected to enroll in the following classes:
STATS Current topics 2 credits
BIMS 710 Research Ethics 1 credit
NESC 802 Neuroscience Seminar 2 credits
this includes the required seminar preview
NESC 808 Student Seminar 1 credit
NESC 816 Intro to Research /Lab Research 2 credits
and, if offered
NESC 720 Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience 3 credits
(offered every other spring semester, Spring 2009)
or, one or more of the following
Current Topics I up to 4 credits
Current Topics II up to 4 credits
Current Topics III up to 4 credits
(See options below)
or Approved Elective or Electives
(see examples below)
Total credits for the first two years must equal 54 hrs.
****At the end of the 2nd year, all students must have at least 54 topical credits to qualify for advancement and to meet GSAS requirements. When choosing classes in the second year, please be aware of this very important requirement.
Electives
Current Topics in Neuroscience-each course is 2 credit hours
- o Please see the Current Topics page for those courses being offered each semester
Possible Electives-The courses listed below are just a small sampling of the courses available as potential electives. Please see the websites listed for descriptions of other courses that might be appropriate for your particular learning focus. Please seek approval from Sue Moentor or Tracy Mourton before choosing any elective.
Fall courses
BIMS 809-Cell Imaging Macara
BIMS 811-Gene Structure & Expression Engle
BIOC 503-Biochemistry Pearson
NESC 851-Directed Readings in Neuroscience
PHY 862- Neurophysiology Hackett
PHY 813-Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins Nakamoto
Spring courses
BIOL508/CELL508 Developmental Biology/Mechanisms Desimone
NESC 851- Directed Readings in Neuroscience
BIMS 832- Graduate Physiology
PSYC 521- Psychobiology
Graduate Records from other programs that have courses available to take as electives. These courses may or may not be offered regularly so please check the Course Offering Directory (COD) for scheduling.
NESC- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=928
BIMS- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=911
PSYC- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=933
PHY- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=926
BIOL- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=910
CELL- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=913
BIOC- http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=908
PHAR-http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=929