ACCESS PROGRAM TRANSERS (admitted from ACCESS as second-year students)

YEAR 1 (in ACCESS)

FALL

UNITS

WINTER

UNITS

SPRING

UNITS

Elective Courses

Bio Chem CM253

6

(Fulfills required elective in Fall quarter; one other elective must be taken during the first three academic years)

Core Courses

NB M200B

6

NB 200E or NB 227

4

(Satisfies ACCESS requirement for "B" and "C" level courses, respectively)

Seminar Courses

ACCESS Seminar

Ethics Course in Biomedical Research

NS 207/MIMG M234

2

Lab Research Rotation

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

YEAR 2

FALL

UNITS

WINTER

UNITS

SPRING

UNITS

Elective Courses

(One elective other than CM253 must be taken during the first three academic years)

Core Courses

NB M200A

4

NB M200C

(Offered every other year)

4

NB M200F

4

NB 200D

(Offered every other year)

4

NB M200G

4

NB 200E or NB 227

4

Neuroscience Lectures

NB 270

1

NB 270

1

NB 270

1

Departmental Seminar/Journal Club

NB 296

1

NB 296

1

NB 296

1

Advanced Topics in Neurobiology

NB 298A

2

NB 298B

2

NB 298C

2

(Total of three 298 courses during the second or third academic years)

Lab Research Rotation

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

Teaching Assistantship

(TA in an undergraduate life science or neuroscience course during one quarter of the second year)

University WQE

(Prepare for Written Qualifying Examination by end of Spring quarter; must be completed by August 1 following second year)

Quarterly Lunch-Time Conference

Departmental Retreat

(All day Saturday off campus)

YEAR 3

FALL

UNITS

WINTER

UNITS

SPRING

UNITS

Elective Courses

(One elective other than CM253 must be taken during the first three academic years)

Neuroscience Lectures

NB 270

1

NB 270

1

NB 270

1

Departmental Seminar/Journal Club

NB 296

1

NB 296

1

NB 296

1

Advanced Topics in Neurobiology

NB 298A

2

NB 298B

2

NB 298C

2

(Total of three 298 courses during the second of third academic years)

Lab Research Rotation

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

NB 596

var

Teaching Assistantship

(TA in an undergraduate life science or neuroscience course during one quarter of the third year)

University OQE

(Prepare for Oral Qualifying Examination by end of Spring quarter; must be completed 12 months after passing WQE)

Quarterly Lunch-Time Conference

Departmental Retreat

(All day Saturday off campus)

YEARS 4, 5, and 6

FALL

UNITS

WINTER

UNITS

SPRING

UNITS

Thesis Research

NB 599

var

NB 599

var

NB 599

var

Quarterly Lunch-Time Conference

Departmental Retreat

(All day Saturday off campus)