Any graduate student in a Ph.D. program at Temple University can participate in the Neuroscience Program.  A Graduate Specialization in Neuroscience is awarded upon completion of the Ph.D. and is listed on the student’s transcript. The following are the requirements to complete the Graduate Specialization in Neuroscience:

Admission

Download the Graduate Specialization in Neuroscience Application here.

Graduate students are admitted to the Program after they have been accepted into a Ph.D. program based on an interest to pursue their research in the neuroscience area. Upon successful completion of their departmental and Neuroscience Program requirements, students receive a Ph.D. degree in the discipline represented by their department with a Specialization in Neuroscience. To fulfill the requirements of the Program, students must pass courses in 4 areas of neuroscience as well as participate in the Neuroscience Program's Seminars and Journal Clubs for four semesters. They are also required to carry out their research under the direction of participating Neuroscience Program members.

Requirements

To be a graduate student in the Neuroscience Program, a student must fulfill the following requirements:

1) Be a graduate student in good standing in a Temple University Ph.D. program.

2) Meet all the obligations of the student's participating department.

3) Have three members of the Neuroscience Program on their dissertation

 committee. One of three includes the student's principal advisor.

4) Attend and participate at the seminars/journal club of the Neuroscience Program

for 4 semesters.

5) Take one course in each of the Neuroscience Specialization Areas:

..............Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience,

..............Systems Neuroscience,

..............Cellular/Biophysical/Molecular/Developmental Neuroscience,

..............Research Methods in Neuroscience.

Graduate Neuroscience Courses

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