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Requirements For MABN

1. 32 credits distributed among courses as shown below
2. Completion of a research thesis (including oral presentation)
3. 3.0 GPA overall

Required Courses (23 credits)

1. PSYCH 709.1 Basic Neuroscience: Molecular Neuroscience (3)
2. PSYCH 709.2 Basic Neuroscience: Systems Neuroscience (3)
3. PSYCH 709.3 Basic Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
4. PSYCH 709.4 Basic Neuroscience: Behavioral Neuroscience (3)
5. PSYCH 704.1 Neuroscience Methods I: Statistics and Research Design (3)
6. PSYCH 704.2 Neuroscience Methods II: Quantitative Tools in Neuroscience (3)
7. PSYCH 772.1 Ethics (1)
8. PSYCH 772.2 Colloquium (1)
9. PSYCH 772.2 Colloquium (1)
10. PSYCH 772.3 Thesis Seminar (2)

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Electives (9 credits)

from the following pre-approved electives: (Courses other than those listed below may be applied toward elective requirement with pre-approval from MABN program director.)

• PSYCH 735. Psychology of Perception 3
• PSYCH 738. Cognition 3
• PSYCH 755. Psychopathology 3
• PSYCH 760. Psychometric Methods 3
• PSYCH 7913 – VT: Seminar in Selected Topics (Class topics vary by semester)
• BIOL 700: Genetics 4
• BIOL 710: Molecular Biology 5
• BIOL 714: Cell Biology 4
• PHYS 661 Introduction to MATLAB for Neuroscientists (Computational Methods in Physics) 3 (Note: This is an introductory programming class specifically for MABN students)
  

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