Program Curriculum

Required Courses

Course Prefix and Number	Credit Hours
PSY 6020 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience	3
PSY 6120 Behavioral Neuroscience	3
PSY 7110: Cognitive Neuroscience or BIOL 7110: Cognitive Neuroscience	3
PSY 7830: Mechanisms of Neuropsychiatric Diseases	3
PSY 7090: Program Seminar	2: 1 per semester for 2 semesters
PSY 7140: Methods in Neuroscience or BIOL 7140:Methods in Neuroscience	3
BIOL 6750 Topics in Biology (may be repeated for elective credit) or COMD 7830 Special Topics (may be repeated for elective credit) or ITLS 6870 or 7870 Seminar (may be repeated for elective credit) or PSY 7810 Seminar (may be repeated for elective credit)	3
PSY 6560 Introduction to Educational and Psychological Research or EDUC 6570 Introduction to Educational and Psychological Research or BIOL 5610 – Animal Physiology Laboratory and or ADVS 6070 – Principles of Laboratory Animal Research	3
PSY 6600 Statistical Foundations or STAT 5200 Analysis of Designed Experiments	3
PSY 7610 Regression Analysis or ITLS 6760 Grant and Proposal Writing or EDUC 7700 Grant Writing	3
PSY 7970 Dissertation or COMD 7970 Dissertation or HDFS 7970 Dissertation or KIN 7970 Dissertation or BIOL 7970 Dissertation	12
Sub-Total	41

Elective Courses

Course Prefix and Number	Credit Hours
BIOL 5210 Cell Biology	3
BIOL 6190 Molecular genetics	3
BIOL 6280 Animal Molecular Biology	3
BIOL 6323 Computational Biology Research	1
BIOL 6390 Genes and Behavior	3
BIOL 6600 Comparative Animal Physiology	3
BIOL 6750 Topics in Biology	Var
BIOL 6910 Special Problems	Var
COMD 7430 Electrophysiology	3
COMD 7830 Special Topics	3
COMD 7900 Independent Study	Var
COMD 7910 Independent Research	Var
COMD 6130 Neural Bases of Cognition and Motor Speech Disorders	3
COMD 6120 Adult Language Disorders	3
COMD 6140 Dysphagia	3
HDFS 7033 Dyadic and Longitudinal Data	3
HDFS 7520 Development in Childhood	3
HDFS 7920 Aging	3
HDFS 7060 Advanced Research and Theory in Human Development	3
ITLS 6870 Special Topics	Var
KIN 6840 Fundamentals of Motor Behavior	2
KIN 6850 Neural Aspects of Rehabilitation	2
KIN 6860 Motor Development	2
KIN 7820: Special Topics	Var
KIN 7870 Advanced Motor Behavior Seminar	2
KIN 7900 Independent Study	Var
KIN 7910 Independent Research	Var
PSY 6530: Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 6650: Theories of Learning	3
PSY 6660 Cognition and Instruction	3
PSY 6670: Neuropsychopharmacology	3
PSY 6680: Neuroeconomics	3
PSY 7100: Biological Basis of Behavior	3
PSY 7110 Cognitive Neuroscience	3
PSY 7140 Methods in Neuroscience	3
PSY 7270: Lifespan Psychopathology	3
PSY 7670: Literature Reviews in Education and Psychology	2
PSY 7740: Behavioral Pharmacology	3
PSY 7760 Structural Equation Modeling	3
PSY 7770 Longitudinal Data Analysis	3
PSY 7810 Seminar: EEG Methods	3
PSY 7820 Neuropsychology: Principles and Assessment	Var
PSY 7900 Independent Study	Var
PSY 7910 Independent Research	Var
SPED 7820 Seminar: Research Instrumentation in Neuroimaging	3
SPED 7820 Seminar: Multidisciplinary Seminar on Language and Literacy	3
SPED 7820 Seminar: Research Instrumentation in Neuroimaging	3
STAT 5100 Modern Regression Methods	3
STAT 6100: Advanced Regression	2
Total Needed	23