M.D.-Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
About the Program
The M.D.-Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience requires students to complete 18.5 credits in core neuroscience courses juxtapose to the 34 credits required for Ph.D. students. The remaining credits will be absorbed from medical coursework.
The requirement for 10.5 electives and the following courses are waived for M.D.-Ph.D. students: NSCI543 – Organization of the Nervous System (for Medical School Neuroscience) and NSCI533 – Neurobiology of Disease (for Medical School Neuroscience). Although students can elect to take electives if they choose to.
M.D.-Ph.D. students will be officially enrolled in graduate school and receive a stipend for the entire spring semester. However, they are not expected to actually begin their rotation until they have taken the USMLE STEP I board exam. M.D.-Ph.D. students are required to take STEP I by the same deadline as students in the regular M.D. program.
Course Name
Credit(s)
NSCI 986: Spring Lab Rotation
0
Total 0 Credits
Summer Semester
Course Name
Credit(s)
NSCI 801: Experiences in Neuroscience
0
NSCI 987: Summer Lab Rotation
0
Total 0 Credits
Year 3
Fall Semester
Course Name
Credit(s)
NSCI 501: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
6
NSCI 505: Neuroscience Survey I
2
NSCI 507: Neuroscience Critical Readings
1
NSCI 599: Practical Experimental Design and Statistics
