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Dec 01, 2024
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2024-2025 Augusta University Catalog
Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Neuroscience
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Program Overview
The neuroscience program combines resources in clinical and basic neuroscience to teach psychiatric and neurological diseases, developmental neurobiology, sensory, motor and regulatory systems, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Over 25 neuroscientists participate in the interdisciplinary graduate neuroscience program to provide research opportunities in neurodegeneration and regeneration, including spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s Disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease, depression, and sensory systems among other areas.
augusta.edu/gradstudies/biomed/prospective-students/mcg-phd-neuroscience
augusta.edu/mcg/dnrm/neuroscience
Program Contact
Eric Vitriol, PhD
706-721-1176
evitriol@augusta.edu
Progression and Graduation Requirements
- Students are admitted via a common admissions process to the Biomedical Sciences PhD program, not to a specific biomedical major. After completing the first-year common core course work and laboratory rotations, students choose a dissertation research mentor and enter one of nine Doctor of Philosophy majors.
- The Doctor of Philosophy curriculum is not lock-step; students do not graduate as a class at the end of a specific semester. The average time to degree is approximately five years of full-time, year-round study; acceptable duration of the program is a minimum of three and maximum of seven years. The number and type of advanced (2nd year and beyond) or elective courses vary, and may include courses within the Neuroscience program as well as courses in other disciplines.
- In addition to specific course requirements, students must complete additional PhD degree requirements, including satisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination, development and approval of a research proposal, writing and approval of the doctoral dissertation, and satisfactory performance on the Final Oral Examination (dissertation defense). See PhD Student Guide for additional requirements and details.
Program Information
- Program Length: Maximum of 7 Years
- CIP Code: 26.1501
- Program Code: DPHIL_NERO
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Biomedical Science Common Courses: 33 Hours
Required Courses: 29 Hours
Selectives: 4 Hours
Select four credit hours from the following:
Electives: 2 Hours Minimum
Total Hours for the Degree: 114 - 252 Hours
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