In Year 1, trainees enter their home lab and begin training on conceptual issues and technical skills to carry out research in that lab. Neuroscience Seminar Elective hours. Neuroscience Seminar Elective hours. By the Fall term of the third year, each student will have completed the core requirements for a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. In the subsequent years, students will typically enroll in elective courses, focus on their thesis research, and participate in the many opportunities the program offers for exposure to the research of visiting speakers.
Students have the opportunity to obtain teaching experience.