Degree Requirements

The entering student is expected to rotate through two or three laboratories or with faculty in the non-laboratory disciplines within 18 months of entering the program. These rotations may include a rotation in a UMB (Medical School) or UMCP faculty laboratory. The program requires that all students have the two-semester core neuroscience and cognitive sequence. Students in the neuroscience concentration are expected to exhibit a wide knowledge of neuroscience, while students in the cognitive and computational neuroscience concentration are expected to demonstrate mastery of two of the three areas of the concentration. All students are also expected to exhibit the necessary competence to perform their proposed thesis work, including demonstrating knowledge of the background, skills and techniques required for the proposed research.