Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• GMS BN 795: Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Perception
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - The study of normal and abnormal perception and memory is related to brain structure and function. This seminar covers theoretical and clinical issues about how abilities change in normal and abnormal (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) conditions, using a variety of methods. 4 cr, Fall or Spring sem. on demand.
• GMS BN 796: Neuropsychological Assessment I
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview of neuropsychological tests used for cognitive assessment in clinical and research settings. Focus is on determining appropriate outcome measures to quantify brain behavior relationships. Students will learn the Boston Process Approach for qualitative measurements and standardized assessment procedures of quantitative measurements in the differential diagnosis and symptomatology of neurological and neuropsychiatric syndromes. The course prepares students to design neuropsychological assessment batteries for research studies. Students work with the instructor to develop a research protocol for neurological populations of interest to the student. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 797: Neuropsychological Assessment II
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - 4 cr, Spring sem. on demand
• GMS BN 798: CNS Functions - Functional Neuroanatomy in Neuropsychology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview of central nervous system, structure and function; basic understanding of neurobehavioral symptoms and their relationship to neuropathology, neuroepidemiology, including vascular infections, and congenital, degenerative, and toxic insults to the central nervous system, and will include laboratory examination of a specimen of a human brain. Appropriate for psychologists, speech pathologists, or other students in the behavioral sciences. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• GMS BN 821: Seminar in Neuroimaging
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Overview of neuroimaging techniques available as adjuncts to neuropsychological measures of human brain damage. Intended for students with limited background in the application of neuroimaging techniques for the study of neuropsychiatric illnesses. Techniques, including MRI, fMRI, DTI, MRS, PET and SPECT will be covered with relevance to selected neurobehavioral disorders. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BN 822: NEUROIMG LANG
  NEUROIMG LANG
• GMS BN 891: Case Studies NP
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS BN 892: Case Studies
  2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BN 893: Child Clinical Neuropsychology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Covers general theoretical issues (e.g., intrauterine and postnatal development of the brain, handedness and lateralization of function, and recovery of function and neurobehavioral plasticity); diagnostic entities (e.g., attention deficit disorder, effects of early brain damage, developmental language disorders, dyslexia, and effects of malnutrition); and assessment and treatment (development of attention, social, spatial abilities, and language). 4 cr, Fall or Spring sem, on demand.
• GMS BN 991: Research in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 992: Research in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BR 650: Biotechniques Laboratory
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• GMS BR 700: Biological Core Technology Research Practicum
  The 8-credit course spans three semesters and consists of 2 practica and culminates with a capstone project or thesis.
• GMS BR 730: Critical Assessment of Biotechniques
  Prerequisites: Biomedical Research Technologies (BRT) MS Students must be enrolled in GMS MM730. All other students need permission of the course director. This course has three objectives: 1) It will provide students with basic understanding of how to read a published research paper, critically assess its methodology and technical details, and reproduce its methods to develop new experiments. 2) It will teach students how to access publically available databases and software applications used in the analysis of genetic and omics data. 3) It will teach students how to understand and evaluate technical sheets for commonly used methodologies and of commercial products used in laboratory research. 2 cr.
• GMS BY 760: Foundations of Structural Biology, A and B
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - The course provides thorough grounding in theory and practice of the major, fundamental methods of biophysics and structural biology. The course covers thermodynamics, spectroscopy, electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and crystallography, and nuclear magnetic resonance from the standpoint of modern molecular and structurally based research. 2 cr each, Fall & Spring sem, in either order.
• GMS BY 762: Foundations of Structural Biology I
  This graduate-level course provides a thorough grounding in the theory and major experimental methods of Structural Biology. The Fall semester (BY762) covers x-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. The Spring semester (BY763) covers NMR, protein thermodynamics, and spectroscopy. Semesters are independent and may be taken in either order. 2 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BY 763: Foundations of Structural Biology II
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This graduate-level course provides a thorough grounding in the theory and major experimental methods of Structural Biology. The Fall semester (BY762) covers x-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. The Spring semester (BY763) covers NMR, protein thermodynamics, and spectroscopy. Semesters are independent and may be taken in either order. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BY 771: Macromolecular Assemblies, A and B
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Assembly of biomacromolecules, their structure and stabilizing forces; biological function as related to structure, with examples drawn from assemblies of proteins, lipids, lipoprotein systems, nucleic acid/protein assemblies, and membranes. 2 cr each, Fall & Spring sem, in either order.
• GMS BY 772: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging in Biology and Biochemistry
  Prereq: consent of instructor. An introduction to the basic theory and the fundamental measurements of NMR spectroscopy using the predominant biological nuclei, 1H, 2H, 13C, and 31P, and applications to structure and metabolism; NMR and MRI studies of pathological processes. Hamilton. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BY 774: Metabolism and Cellular Functions of Complex Lipids
  Prereq: consent of instructor. In-depth description of selected areas of lipid metabolism. Emphasis on functional roles of specific lipid species in cellular processes (e.g., cell activation, protein transport and function). Use of timely articles to discuss newly developed techniques and concepts. Zoeller. 2 cr, Spring sem.