Graduate Course List
Core Courses
| CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY I | Fall Term | 4 cr, Lagenaur |
| CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY II | Fall Term | 4 cr, Lagenaur |
| SYSTEMS NEUROBIOLOGY | Spring Term | 6 cr, Simons |
Required Courses
| SCIENTIFIC ETHICS | Summer Term | 1 cr, Yip |
| STATISTICS | Fall/Spring/ Summer Term |
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| PROSEMINAR | Fall/Spring Term | 1 cr |
| JOURNAL CLUB | Fall/Spring Term | 1 cr |
| SEMINAR SERIES | Fall/Spring Term | 1 cr |
| DIRECTED STUDY/INDEPENDENT STUDY | Fall/Spring/ Summer Term |
variable credits |
| PhD DISSERTATION RESEARCH | Fall/Spring/ Summer Term |
variable credits |
Electives
Cell and Molecular Neurobiology
| NEUROPHARMACOLOGY | Spring Term | 3 cr, Palladino |
| DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE | Fall Term | 3 cr, Omelchenko |
| ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | Fall Term | 2 cr, Chapman, Hildebrand |
| BIOCHEMISTRY OF MACROMOLECULES | Spring Term | 2 cr, Hughey |
| EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR GENETICS | Spring Term | 2 cr, Chaillet |
| BIOLOGY OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION | Spring Term | 3 cr, Romero, Rajasekaran |
| DNA REPAIR: BIOCHEMISTRY TO HUMAN DISEASE | Spring Term | 2 cr, Niedernhofer |
| CELL AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY | Spring Term | 2 cr, Frizzell |
| MOLECULAR MECHANICS TISSUE GROWTH & DIFFRN | Spring Term | 3 cr, Katyal |
| STEM CELLS | Fall Term | 3 cr, Monga |
| PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY | Spring Term | 2 cr, Jiang |
| MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY | Fall Term | 3 cr, Galbiati |
| BIOLOGICAL IMAGING AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY | 3 cr, Lanni | |
| ADVANCED CELL BIOLOGY | Linstedt, Minden |
Clinical
| NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE | Spring Term | 3 cr, Zigmond |
| MECHANISMS & CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS OF PAIN | Spring Term | 3 cr, Gebhart |
| MOLECULAR PATHOBIOLOGY | Spring Term | 3 cr, Oury |
Cognitive
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | Fall Term | 3 cr, Olson |
| PERCEPTION | 3 cr, Klatzky |
Computational
| ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS | Spring Term | 4 cr, Touretzky |
| COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF NEURAL SYSTEMS | 4 cr, Touretzky | |
| COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE METHODS | 3 cr, Doiron | |
| COMPUTATIONAL PERCEPTION AND SCENE ANALYSIS | Spring Term | 4 cr, Lewicki |
| COMPUTER VISION | Spring Term | 3 cr, Herbert |
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY | Spring Term | 3 cr, Bahar |
Systems Neuroscience
| NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | Spring Term | 3 cr, Johnson |
| HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY | Fall Term | 4 cr, Yates |
| NEURAL PLASTICITY IN SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS | Spring Term | 3 cr, Barth, Urban, Crowley |
General
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN NEUROSCIENCE | Summer Term | 2 cr, Balaban |
The University offers many courses in addition to those listed above that, subject to approval by the program co-directors, may be taken for elective credit to satisfy the educational goals of individual students. Information on all graduate courses offered at the University of Pittsburgh is available at http://www.pitt.edu/~registrar/crinPgCrsInfo.htm.
