Courses
Course Requirements
Graduate students in Neurobiology take at least 6 quarter courses (54 units) as follows:
- One course in molecular, cellular, developmental, and evolutionary neurobiology (from course list A below);
- One course in circuits, systems, behavioral biology (from course list B below);
- One course in mathematical methods (chosen depending on student background in consultation with a faculty advisor);
- Bi/CNS/NB 164, Tools of Neurobiology;
- Two electives.
In addition, students take a one-week programming course (BE/Bi/NB 203, Introduction to Programming for the Biological Sciences Bootcamp) and a short course on responsible conduct of research (Bi 252, Responsible Conduct of Research). All courses must be taken for a grade unless only offered pass/fail.
A. molecular, cellular, developmental, evolution
Bi/NB/BE 155. Neuropharmacology.
Bi/CNS/NB 157. Comparative Nervous Systems.
Bi/CNS/NB 220. Genetic Dissection of Neural Circuit Function.
Bi/CNS/BE/NB 230. Optogenetic and CLARITY Methods in Experimental Neuroscience.
B. circuits, systems, behavior
Bi/CNS/NB 152. Neural Circuits and Physiology of Appetite and Body Homeostasis.
Bi/CNS/NB 153. Brain Circuits.
CNS/Bi/SS/Psy/NB 176. Cognition.
Bi/CNS/NB 184. The Primate Visual System.
Bi/CNS/NB 185. Large Scale Brain Networks.
CNS/Bi/EE/CS/NB 186. Vision: From Computational Theory to Neuronal Mechanisms.
CNS/Bi/Ph/CS/NB 187. Neural Computation.
Bi/CNS/NB 216. Behavior of Mammals.
Bi/CNS/NB 217. Central Mechanisms in Perception.
CNS/Bi/NB 247. Cerebral Cortex.
Bi/CNS/NB 250 c. Topics in Systems Neuroscience.
CNS/Bi/NB 256. Decision Making.