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University of Wyoming

Master's Degree in Neuroscience

Neuroscience Degree Requirements

After acceptance into the program, each student will be assigned a major advisor and two other faculty advisors, all from the Neuroscience Program faculty, and an outside member identified by the Graduate School. They will serve as the student's graduate committee, devising a set of course requirements (26 credit hour minimum) to best suit the student's educational goals and overseeing the design, execution, and approval of the student's thesis research. This committee will meet and advise the candidate's course and research program by the end of the second semester at the university. Committee membership will be approved by the NAG, and the Graduate School.

Specific course requirements will include 1) Introduction to Neuroscience (ZOO 5280), 2) participation in at least two semesters in the Graduate Neuroscience Seminar (ZOO 5117), 3) thesis research.

Students are required to take a minimum of two of the following courses: Neurophysiology (ZOO 5685), Structure and Function of the Nervous System (ZOO 5100), Neural Mechanisms of Behavior (ZOO 4290), and Cell Physiology (ZOO 5670). Students are required to earn a minimum grade of B for the required courses. Additional electives include: Pharmacology I and II (PHCY 6230) and Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease (HM6520).

Program of study. The proposed program of study should be approved by the student's advisory committee before the end of the second semester, and sent to the Graduate School for approval.

In addition to the usual Graduate School requirements for the M.S. Degree, an original research thesis (four hours thesis research) on a neuroscience problem and final oral examination will be required. The M.S. candidate's advisory committee will consist of a minimum of three neuroscience members and an outside member.

Oral defense. The oral examination, administered as part of the requirements for the M.S. degree, is principally a defense of the thesis. The oral examination will be conducted by the student's graduate advisory committee and will be open to the public. The examination shall be advertised publicly for a period of at least one week in advance of the scheduled date. The thesis must be received by each member of the student's advisory committee three weeks before the final examination.