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Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
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Program Contact
Contact Jena Pitman-Leung
Assistant Director
312-503-4300
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
PhD
Total Units Required: 9
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Required Courses | |
| Core Courses (3 units) | |
| NUIN 401-1 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience |
| NUIN 401-2 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience |
| NUIN 401-3 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience |
| Required First Year Course (0 units) | |
| NUIN 407-0 | NUIN Graduate Foundations |
| Biostatistics Elective (1 unit). Contact NUIN to confirm if classes not listed here count towards biostatistics requirement | |
| NUIN 408-0 | Quantitative Methods and Experimental Design |
| PUB_HLTH 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
| PUB_HLTH 421-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
| BIOSTAT 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
| BIOSTAT 402-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
| DGP 484-0 | Quantitative Biology: Statistics and Data Analysis for Life Scientists |
| IBIS 432-0 | Statistics for Life Sciences |
| PSYCH 380-0 | Advanced Statistics & Experimental Design |
| PSYCH 450-0 | Fundamentals of Statistics |
| Additional Electives (5 units) | |
| Noncredit Courses | |
| NUIN 490-0 | Responsible Conduct in Neuroscience Research |
| NUIN 590-0 | Research |
| TGS 500-0 | Funded Doctoral Study |
Other PhD Requirements
- Laboratory rotations: three research rotations (additional if necessary) and poster, written, and oral presentations, first year
- Seminar attendance: 6/quarter in Fall, Winter, Spring of first year
- Examinations: research based qualifying exam, taken during second year
- Teaching: two quarters of teaching assistantship, usually during the second year
- Thesis Committee Meetings: written proposal and oral defense of thesis project to Thesis Committee, taken during third year; annual thesis committee meetings thereafter
- Seminar presentation: oral presentation of research at a departmental or conference seminar
- Publication: at least one first author research publication in a peer-reviewed journal
- Dissertation: written dissertation, oral defense of dissertation to Thesis Committee, and public presentation of dissertation
- We require in-person research activity for students to make timely progress toward a degree