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Required Courses - PhD and Master's Students

Year 1, Fall - PhD students Expand answer
  • BMS 502
  • BMS 503
  • NEURO 520
  • NEURO 524

Complete online Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course by the end of the semester. Submit CITI RCR Course Completion Report to program office in C1712.

Year 1, Fall - Master's students Expand answer
  • NEURO 520
  • NEURO 524
  • NEURO 596

Complete online Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course by the end of the semester. Submit CITI RCR Course Completion Report to program office in C1712.

Year 1, Spring Expand answer
  • NEURO 511
  • NEURO 521
  • NEURO 522 – offered in odd years (PhD students only)
  • NEURO 596 (PhD students only)
  • PHS 520 (or equivalent statistics course, such as ANAT 597 Special Topics – Statistics in Biological Sciences) (PhD students only)

PhD-track students will take Qualifying Examinations at the end of the spring semester.

Year 2, Fall Expand answer
  • NEURO 590
  • BMS 591
  • NEURO 600
  • Elective courses (two to three) (PhD students only)
  • Attend grant-writing workshop
Year 2, Spring Expand answer
  • NEURO 522 – offered in odd years
  • NEURO 600
  • Elective courses (two to three) (PhD students only)

PhD-track students will take the Comprehensive Exam before the beginning of the fall semester of the third year.

Required Courses - MD/PhD Students

Year 1, Fall Expand answer
  • NEURO 520
  • NEURO 590
  • BMS 591
  • NEURO 600

Complete online Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course by the end of the semester. Submit CITI RCR Course Completion Report to program office in C1712.

Year 1, Spring Expand answer
  • NEURO 521
  • PHS 520 (or equivalent statistics course, such as ANAT 597 Special Topics – Statistics in Biological Sciences) (PhD students only)
  • NEURO 600

Comprehensive exam before the beginning of fall semester

Year 2, Fall Expand answer
  • NEURO 601
Year 2, Spring Expand answer
  • NEURO 522 (Offered every other year starting Spring 2019. Students take this class in either their first or second year, but not both)
  • NEURO 601
Years 3-5 Expand answer
  • NEURO 601
  • NEURO 595 (optional)
  • THESIS DEFENSE

All other requirements for the PhD component of the MD/PhD track, including comprehensive exam and thesis dissertation, are the same as the regular PhD track.