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Neuroscience Training Program Course Offerings

A. Required courses

INTD 5000 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences (required for all GSBS students) 10.0 hrs
INTD 5040 Fundamentals of Neuroscience I: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental 3.0 hrs
INTD 5043 Fundamentals of Neuroscience II: Systems 3.5 hrs
INTD 5047 Neuroanatomy 1.5 hrs
CSBL 5095 Experimental Design & Analysis (Statistics) 2.0 hrs
INTD 6002 Ethics in Research 0.5 hrs

B. Electives (must take at least 4 hrs, can include any courses offered at the UTHSCSA)

INTD xxxx Clinical Practicum in Neuroscience (under development) 1.0 hrs
INTD 6041 Basic Science Resident Lecture Series in Neurology 1.5 hrs
PHAR 5091 Microelectives (Seminar-style specialized courses) 1.0 hrs
  5091-1 Monoaminergic Neurotransmission and Transporters  
  5091-2 Ion Channelopathies in Neurological Diseases  
  5091-5 Neuropeptide Metabolism  
  5091-6 Serotonin- Soup to Nuts  
  5091-8 Neural Substrates of Regulated Behaviors  
  5091-9 Current Issues in Research on Mechanisms of Epilepsy  
  5091-10 Appetite Control: Adiposity Hormones & Neuropeptides  
PHYL 6091 Selected Topics 2.0 hrs
  6091-2 Calcium Signaling  
  6091-3 Cell Biology in Neural Science  
  6091-7 Ion Channels in Disease  
BIOC 5091 Special Topics in Biochemistry 1.0 hrs
BIOC 6035 Biochemistry of Multimolecular Complexes 2.0 hrs
BIOC 6010 Gene Expression 2.0 hrs
BIOC 6043 Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins 2.0 hrs
BIOC 6033 Cellular Signaling Mechanisms 2.0 hrs
CSBL 6048 Biology of Aging 3.0 hrs
CSBL 6021 Animal Models 3.0 hrs
CSBL 6064 Genetics 3.0 hrs
CSBL 6020 Concepts in Vertebrate Development 3.0 hrs
PHAR 5013 Principles of Pharmacology 3.0 hrs
PHAR 6025 Molecular Pharmacology 2.0 hrs
PHAR 5020 Basics of Research Design 1.5 hrs
PHYL 5045 Mammalian Physiology 4.0 hrs
PSYC 2005 Psychopathology 3.5 hrs
RADI 5015 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging 3.0 hrs
RADI 5018 Physics Measurements in Imaging 2.0 hrs
RADI 6024 Radiological Anatomy & Physiology 2.0 hrs

Neuroscience Track, Model Curriculum


First Year

First semester

INTD 5000 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences (required for all GSBS students) 10.0 hrs
  Laboratory Rotation 1 1.0 hrs
TOTAL 11.0 hrs

Second Semester

INTD 5040 Fundamentals of Neuroscience I: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental 3.0 hrs
Second track course elective
      (Principles of Pharmacology, Cell Signaling, Aging, Genetics, etc.) 3.0 hrs
INTD 6002 Ethics in Research 0.5 hrs
  Journal Club and Seminar 1.0 hrs
  Laboratory Rotations 2 & 3 2.0 hrs
TOTAL 9.5 hrs

Summer

INTD 0000 Pre-Dissertation Research 6.0 hrs
TOTAL 6.0 hrs

Second Year

Fall Semester

INTD 5043 Fundamentals of Neuroscience II: Systems 3.5 hrs
INTD 5047 Neuroanatomy 1.5 hrs
CSBL 5095 Experimental Design & Analysis (Statistics) 2.0 hrs
  Journal Club and Seminar 1.0 hrs
  Pre-Dissertation Research 1.5 hrs
TOTAL 9.5 hrs

Spring Semester

  Electives 5.0 hrs
  Journal Club and Seminar 1.0 hrs
  Pre-Dissertation Research 3.0 hrs
TOTAL 9.0 hrs

Summer

  Pre-Dissertation Research 6.0 hrs
  Qualifying Exam  
TOTAL 6.0 hrs