Master of Neuroscience at Pennsylvania State University

The Neuroscience (NEURO) Graduate Program provides students curricular training with a broad focus on neuroscience, and the opportunity for concentrated research in a variety of disciplinary approaches to neuroscience such as biochemistry, cell biology, embryology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, structural biology, and virology. Students receive rigorous training that provides the skills necessary to be leaders in biomedical research and other endeavors that benefit from a rigorous scientific background, including education, law, journalism, and public policy.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program is an interdepartmental program that engages faculty from multiple basic science and clinical science departments. This broad-reaching Program provides students a wide ranging understanding of multiple disciplines with specific expertise in a chosen area, and encourages interdisciplinary research that is the hallmark of biomedical sciences in the 21st century.

1. Describe the structural-functional organization of the nervous system at the cellular and systems levels
2. Describe the basic principles of neurotransmission
3. Explain the techniques used to analyze the structure and function of the nervous system
4. Develop testable hypotheses aimed at elucidating  the structure or function of the nervous system
5. Develop an experimental plan that tests a specific set of hypotheses about nervous system structure or function following accepted professional standards for ensuring reproducibility
6. Conduct neuroscience research in which data are collected using ethical and professional standards
7. Present the results of a research project in a lucid and logical manner in both oral and written formats