Anatomy & Neurobiology Track

This doctoral program includes courses in Anatomy and Neuroscience within the Medical School curriculum as well as a number of advanced courses within our department and related departments at the Medical School. This program is designed to produce well-rounded biomedical scientists who expect to include teaching and research in their career portfolio.

Students are expected to complete 6 credits from the Basic Department Required courses, 18-20 credits from the Core Track Required courses, 6 credits from the Advanced Department Seminar courses and 32-34 credits from Electives or Research.

Basic Departmental Required Courses (6 credits):

Experimental Design and Statistical Method/ Elementary Biostatistics	2cr	GMS AN 704, GMS MS 700
Journal Club	2cr	GMS AN 801/802
Professional Skills for Students in the Biomedical Sciences	2cr	GMS AN 715

Core Track Required Courses (18-20 credits):

Students are required to take the following two courses:

Medical Neuroscience	4cr	GMS AN 703
Methods in Neuroscience	4cr	GMS MS 718

Students are required to take one of the following two courses:

Medical Histology/Microscopic Anatomy	6cr	GMS AN 700 / MS 123
Medical Gross Anatomy	8cr	GMS AN 701/MS 122

Students are required to take one of the following three courses/course groups:

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	2cr	GMS AN 803
Molecular Biology	4cr	GMS BI 782
Biochemistry A and B	4cr each semester	GMS BI 755 and 756

Advanced Departmental Seminar Courses (6 credits):

The student is required to take 6 credits of advanced departmental seminar courses offered by the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. A course offered by another Department in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences may be used to partially fulfill this requirement if it is deemed relevant to the student’s research and is approved by the Graduate Education Committee.

Elective Courses:

The student may take courses offered by the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and/or courses offered by other Departments on the Medical Campus to fulfill this requirement.