CORE COURSES

Individual Studies in Neuroscience (2-11 Credit hours) - Designed to enable the student to pursue a minor investigation in the neuroscience field or laboratory of choice.  Students register for this course while they are completing their laboratory rotations during the first year of study.

NeuroGSP 723 - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (5 Credit hours) - Introduction to cellular components of nervous system, cell and molecular biology of nervous tissue, membrane properties and function in neural cells, brief overview of nervous system development.  Offered autumn quarter of every year.

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NeuroGSP 724 - Neurophysiology (3 Credit hours) - Interdisciplinary approach to the physiology and neurobiology of the nervous system.  Offered autumn quarter of every year.

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NeuroGSP 725 - Structure and Function of the Nervous System (6 Credit hours) - Interdisciplinary approach to the anatomy, neurobiology, physiology, and biochemistry of the nervous system.  Offered winter quarter of every year.

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NeuroGSP 726 - Behavioral Neuroscience (5 Credit hours) - Concepts in behavioral neuroscience (motivation, cognition, development, aging, sensory systems, and homeostasis).  Offered spring quarter of every year.

BiochemP 760 - First-Year Student Orientation (1 credit hour) - Orientation for first-year students.  Lectures on topics important for successful graduate experience and training in presenting scientific papers.

NeuroGSP 797 - Seminar Topics in Neuroscience (1 Credit hour) - Selected topics in current neuroscience research.  Offered autumn, winter, and spring quarters every year.

Pharmcol 824 - Psychopharmacology (3 Credit hours) - Psychotropic drug-induced changes in central nervous system activity in relation to the varieties of perceptual-behavioral interpretations of that activity by self-referential systems, i.e. man.  Offered spring quarter of every year.

Research in Neuroscience (1-15 Credit hours) - Research leading to the Ph.D. degree in neuroscience.  Students register for this course once they have selected their thesis advisor.