Neurosciences
Overview
The Neurosciences Concentration at North Carolina State University is designed to prepare students for professional research and teaching careers in the area of neurobiology and to address animal and human health problems associated with the nervous system. Course work and laboratory research in the Neurosciences concentration emphasize studies on brain and behavior that span the range of molecular, cellular, tissue, and physiological aspects of the developing, adult, and aging central and peripheral nervous systems. Our faculty are spread across the university including the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Sciences, Engineering, and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Faculty are highly collaborative with expertise in developmental neurobiology, electrophysiology, neuroendocrinology, neurotoxicology, neurogenetics, and behavioral biology in both vertebrate and invertebrate model organisms. Ample collaborations exist with laboratories at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, and agencies within the Research Triangle Park. As a land-grant university North Carolina State University provides a unique biomedical research environment, which is enhanced through seminars, symposia, and interactive workshops. Graduate research assistantships are available to qualified students who are successfully admitted to the CBS graduate program. Neurosciences graduates are well positioned to compete for positions in universities, pharmaceutical companies, and governmental institutions.
For more information about our program please visit: https://research.ncsu.
COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE PHD NEUROSCIENCES CONCENTRATION
- CBS/BIO 705 Fundamentals of Neuroscience; Fall (3 credits)
- CBS/BIO 805 Special Topics in Neuroscience; Spring (1 credit, minimum 3 credits total for doctoral students; minimum 2 credits total for master’s students)
ELECTIVE COURSES
Elective courses are selected by the student and mentor, and must be approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. Possible elective course include, but are not limited to, the following:
BIOCHEMISTRY
BCH 701 Macromolecular Structure; Fall (3 credits)
BCH 703 Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation; Fall (3 credits)
MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
MB 714 Microbial Metabolic Regulation; Fall (3 credits)
MB 718 Introductory Virology; Fall alternate odd years (3 credits)
MB/IMM 751 Immunology; Spring (3 credits)
IMM/TOX 705 Immunotoxicology; Spring (2 credits)
IMM/CBS 755 Immunoparasitology; Spring alternate years (2 credits)
IMM/PO 757 Comparative Immunology; Spring alternate odd years (3 credits)
IMM/CBS/MB 783 Adv. Immunology; Fall alternate years (3 credits)
IMM/CBS 816 Adv. Topics in Immunology; Fall and Spring (1 credits)
COMPARATIVE BIOMDEICAL SCIENCES
CBS 770 Cell Biology; Spring (3 credits)
CBS 771 Cancer Biology; Fall (4 credits)
CBS 774 Epidemiol. of Inf. Dis. of International Importance; Fall alternate years
MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY
GN 701 Molecular Genetics; Fall (3 credits)
GN 702 Cellular and Developmental Genetics; Spring (3 credits)
GN 750 Developmental Genetics; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN/ST 756 Computations Molecular Evolution; Fall alternate years (3 credits)
GN/MB 758 Microbial Genetics & Genomics; Spring (3 credits)
GN/BCH 761 Adv. Molecular Biology of the Cell; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN/BCH 768 Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN 810-xxx Special Topics in Genetics; Fall and Spring (1-6 credits)
BCH 705 Molecular Biology of the Cell; Spring (3 credits)
STATISTICS
ST 501 Fundamentals of Statistical Inference I; Fall & Summer (3 credits)
ST 701 Statistical Theory I; Fall (3 credits)
TECHNIQUES
BIT 815 Advanced Topics In Biotechnology; Summer (1-6 credits)
Participating Faculty