NGP Course Planning

Core Neuroscience Foundations

Course #	Course Title	Required Units
NEUG 210	Neurosciences Bootcamp	4
NEUG 200 A/B/C	Basic Neuroscience Series	12 Total
NEUG 257	Neuroanatomy	4
NEUG 276	Research Rounds (6 Quarters)	6
NEUG 221	Journal Club	2
Varied	Statistics (BGGN 216, BGGN 240, BGGN 249A, PSYC 201A/B/C, COGS 209)	4

Graduate Research Competencies

Course #	Course Title/Requirement	Units
PATH 244	Scientific Ethics	4
NEUG 280	Minor Proposition	4
Varied	Elective – Graduate Level STEM Course	8
Varied	Elective - Literature (NEUG 221)	2
NEUG 500*	Teaching Apprenticeship	4-6

Advanced Topics/Electives

NEUG 221: Neuroscience Special Topics
- Offered Quarterly

Computational Neuroscience

Course List: https://neurograd.ucsd.edu/handbook/prog-requirement/comp-neuro/cns-classes.html
NE78 Requirement Page: https://neurograd.ucsd.edu/handbook/prog-requirement/comp-neuro/index.html

Neurodynamics (BGGN 260), offered in Fall

Neurophysics of brain circuits and networks (PHYS 278), offered in Winter
Probability and statistics for data science (DSC 212), offered all quarters
An additional class from the approved list

NE78 is the major code for computational neuroscience. Upon completion of the first two required courses, student may request a Change of Major. Students should consult the external department for the quarter in which the course is offered. This information may be listed on their website.

Reminders

Neuro Grad Program Weekly Seminar Series
Tuesdays, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

CNCB, Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room OR via Zoom

Journal Club
Mondays, 5:30 pm

Rotations and Research

Rotation and Research Course

[First Year Students] NEUG 296: When enrolling for a 296 section with your advisor, please make sure to use the “NEUG” section. If there is not a “NEUG 296” section with your Faculty Advisor please email neurograd@ucsd.edu and one will be created for your rotation. If you are unsure who to rotate with, please consult the Program Administrator. You may explore rotations that are outside of the NGP Faculty group.

NEUG 299: When enrolling for a 299 section with your advisor, please make sure to use the “NEUG” section. If there is not a “NEUG 299” section with your Faculty Advisor please email neurograd@ucsd.edu and one will be created for your advisor. NEUG 299 with your PI for 12 units if you're done with NGP courses. The “G” needs to be there. NEU 299 is not for NGP.

As always, make sure to enroll in 12 units of graduate level courses (200 level or above) to be considered full time and eligible for financial support