Post-Bachelors Sample Schedule

Post-Bachelors students must complete a minimum of 64 credits, including coursework and directed study. Note that some of the directed study credits listed below can be replaced with courses if the student or advisor believes more coursework is necessary beyond the specialization requirements.

Semester 1 (Fall) – 15 credits

BI755, Cellular and Systems Neuroscience (4 credits; Required for all GPN)
CN510, Cognitive and Neural Modeling I  (4 credits; Basic computational neuroscience requirement)
CN580, Intro to Comp Neuroscience (4 credits; Computational neuroscience elective)
NE500, Frontiers in Neuroscience (2 credits; Required for all GPN)
NE800, Lab Rotation (1 credit; Required for all GPN)

Semester 2 (Spring) – 15 credits

BI756, Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience (4 credits; Required for all GPN)
MA583, Intro to Stochastic Processes (4 credits; Neuroscience elective, since computational neuroscience elective requirement has been met)
CN570,  Neural Models of Reinforcement Learning (4 credits; Quantitative systems neuroscience requirement)
NE501, Frontiers in Neuroscience (2 credits; Required for all GPN)
NE801, Lab Rotation (1 credit; Required for all GPN)

Semester 3 (Fall) – 12 credits

CN720, Neural Models of Planning (4 credits; Advanced computational neuroscience requirement)
MA 681, Accelerated Intro to Statistical Methods (4 credits; Required for all computational neuroscience)
Directed Study, Research (4 credits)

Semester 4 (Spring) – 6 credits

Directed Study, Research (6 credits; Certified Full-Time Form required)

Semester 5 (Fall) – 6 credits

Directed Study, Research (6 credits; Certified Full-Time Form required)

Semester 6 (Spring) – 6 credits

Directed Study, Research (6 credits; Certified Full-Time Form required)

Semester 7 (Fall) – 4 credits

Directed Study, Research (4 credits; Certified Full-Time Form required)