Graduate Courses

Course Requirements

All CPIN students will be enrolled in one of the following two courses

• NEU1000H: Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Master's)     
• NEU2000H: Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Doctoral)    

Additional Course Requirements

Ph.D. students must complete at least 1.0 full-course equivalent (or two 0.5 FCE) from the list of recommended courses below. Students may request special approval for an alternative course by submitting this form.
Note: Alternative courses will be approved on a case-by-case basis.

M.Sc students must complete at least 0.5 full-course equivalents (0.5 FCE) of any neuroscience courses below.

Please see CSIN Requirements or SGS Website for program requirements.

Neuroscience Courses Available to CPIN Students

Recommended Courses for PhD Students

• JNS1000Y: Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour
• JNR1444Y: Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
• PSL1445H: Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience
• PSL1446H: Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders

PhD student may also consider the following courses to fulfill course requirements

• PSY 5111H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II    
• PSY 5112H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience III
• PSY 5120H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation I    
• PSY 5121H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II  
• PSY 5122H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation III   
• PSY 5203H Higher Cognition: Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 5220H Advanced Topics in Cognition I
• PSY 5221H Advanced Topics in Cognition II    
• PSY 5222H Advanced Topics in Cognition III
• PSY 5310H Advanced Topics in Development I    
• PSY 4706H Human Brain Neuroanatomy (when available, requires approval from Prof. Moscovitch)

Other Neuroscience Courses

The list of neuroscience courses offered by the participating units can be found below and on the SGS Neuroscience Program Website.  Please note that not all courses are offered each year.

The timetable of offered courses is updated as information from the participating department becomes available. Please contact the appropriate departments for availability and enrolment information and to confirm course times/locations.

Applied Psychology & Human Development

• APD 3286H Developmental Neurobiology    
• APD 1238H Special Topics in Human Development & Applied Psychology: Neuroscience & Education: Bridging the Gap  
• APD 5043 Neuroscience of Reading and Reading Disorders  

Computer Science

• CSC 2515 Intro to Machine Learning
• CSC 2506 Uncertainty and Learning
• CSC 2523 Object Modeling and Recognition: Deep Learning in Computer Vision
• CSC 2545 Kernel Methods and Support Vector Machines    

Cells Systems Biology

• CSB1020H Molecules and Circuits Underlying Neurodegenerative Diseases

Dentistry

• DEN 1060H Oral Physiology: Sensory and Neuromuscular Function    

BME

• BME 1460H Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy: Theory and Application to Live Cell Imaging     
• BME 1462 Biological Image Analysis     
• BME 1466 Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging    
• BME 1471H Rehabilitation Engineering    
• BME 1472H Fundamentals of Neuromodulation Technology and Clinical Applications      
• BME 1473H Acquisition and Processing of Bioelectric Signals      
• JEB 1444H Neural Engineering    

Institute of Medical Science

• MSC 1005H Therapeutic Approaches in Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• MSC 1006H Introduction to Anatomical Organization of the Brain    
• MSC 1081H Studies in Schizophrenia    
• MSC 1085H Molecular Approaches to Mental Health and Addictions    
• MSC 1086H Integrative perspectives in Conciousness and Self-Awareness    
• MSC 1087H Neuroimaging Methods using Magnetic Resonance Imaging    
• MSC 1088H Brain Positron Emission Tomography    
• MSC 6000H Individualized Reading/Research Course (Requires prior permission of the Neuroscience Program Director Offered each term.  The student would need to meet with a graduate coordinator to go over their course proposal.)

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

• LMP 1209H Neurodegenerative Disease (Was LMP2222H)

Music

• MUS 2122H Music and the Brain    
• MUS 7110H Neuroscience Of Music: Scientific Foundations, Clinical Translations

Pharmacology & Toxicology

• JPM 1005Y Behavioural Pharmacology    

Pharmaceutical Sciences

• JNP 1017 Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology    
• JNP 1018 Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology    

Physiology

• JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular [PhD required course]    
• JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour [PhD required course]    
• JYG 1555H Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology    
• PSL 1024H Advanced Topics: Endocrinology and Neuroendocrinology    
• PSL 1026H Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology    
• PSL 1047H Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience    
• PSL 1050H Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour    
• PSL 1053H Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function    
• PSL 1068H Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour    
• PSL 1071H Advanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience    
• PSL 1075H Biology in Time    
• PSL 1441H Systems Level Neuroplasticity (half course of JSN1000Y) 
• PSL 1445H Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience    
• PSL 1446H Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders    
• PSL 1452H Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function 

Psychology

• PSY 1200H Selected Topics in Psychology: Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 5101H Mechanisms of Behaviour    
• PSY 5103H Learning and Plasticity    
• PSY 5104H Neuropsychology    
• PSY 5110H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience I    
• PSY 5111H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II    
• PSY 5112H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience III
• PSY 5120H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II    
• PSY 5121H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II    
• PSY 5130H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology I    
• PSY 5131H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology II    
• PSY 5132H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology III
• PSY 5201H Audition    
• PSY 5202H Vision    
• PSY 5203H Higher Cognition: Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 5204H Attention and action
• PSY 5205H Theories of Memory    
• PSY 5210H Advanced Topics in Perception I    
• PSY 5211H Advanced Topics in Perception II    
• PSY 5212H Advanced Topics in Perception III    
• PSY 5220H Advanced Topics in Cognition I
• PSY 5221H Advanced Topics in Cognition II    
• PSY 5222H Advanced Topics in Cognition III
• PSY 5310H Advanced Topics in Development I    
• PSY 5311H Advanced Topics in Developmental II    

Rehabilitation Science

• REH 1510H Disordered Restorative Motor Control  
• REH 5100H Introduction to Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience I        
• REH 5102H Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience II