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Doctorate (PhD) in Neuroscience

On the following page, you will find the proposed course sequence for the Doctorate (PhD) in Neuroscience program.

  • 4-year program (average duration)

  • The following course sequences show you which courses you should take for your particular program and in which term you should take them. They help you plan your course schedule.

    • Course sequences are only guidelines.

    • Some graduate courses are offered every year, others in alternating years.

  • Visit My Academic Requirements in uoZone to make sure you enrol in all courses or activities you need to obtain your degree.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see:

  • the important milestones to complete every year for the full length of your program

  • the toolbox (Links to forms, the description of the courses and other useful links)

Year 1 Course Sequence and Milestones

First Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Neuroscience (NSC) courses (see the notes below for the link)

  • MED 81661 Professionalism and Professional Skills 

  • NSC 8325 Seminar 

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Fill out the Nomination of your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) Members form.

  • Organize and meet with your TAC before the end of the first term. It is essential that you schedule your TAC meeting well in advance.

  • Complete your section of the TAC report.

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes

Second Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Neuroscience (NSC) courses

  • MED 81662 Professionalism and Professional Skills 

  • NSC 8325 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the second term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Third Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Neuroscience (NSC) courses

  • NSC 8325 Seminar (for those having started their program in winter)

  • THD 9999 Thesis

  • List of approved NSC graduate courses.

  • In some cases, we may cancel classes with low enrolment or convert them into Directed Studies.

  • Some graduate courses are offered every year, others in alternating years.

  • MED 8166 Part 1 and 2: This course is compulsory for all students enrolled in a PhD program and attendance is mandatory for all workshops. 

THD 9999 & NSC 8325S: Continuous activities

  • Once you have enrolled for the first time in a continuing activity such as the seminar or the thesis, you must maintain your enrolment until the activity is completed.

Enrolment to continuous activities:

  • NSC 8325S: Enrolment to NSC 8325S is not automatic.
    In your first fall and winter term, you must go to your uoZone to enroll to this continuous activity before the deadline.

  • THD 9999: After your first (manual) enrolment to the thesis, all subsequent enrolments are automatic, unless you have a hold on your account, which will require that you manually enroll once you have arranged to have your hold lifted.

NSC 8325: Seminar Series

  • You must attend a minimum of 20 seminars during the fall and winter terms and track your seminar attendance using the Student Seminar Report form.

  • You must be enrolled during the first consecutive fall and winter terms ONLY.

  • As part of the requirements of the seminar series, you must present during Seminar and Poster Day.

Year 2 Course Sequence and Milestones

Fourth Term

Courses

  • NSC 9998 Comprehensive Examination

  • NSC 8325 Seminar (for those having started their program in winter)

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Meet with your TAC.
    You must hold your second TAC meeting within 16 months of initial enrolment.

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes

  • If you have not submitted your TAC by the end of this term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

  • Completion of the comprehensive examination should occur within 4 or 5 term of your first enrolment.

Fifth Term

Courses

  • NSC 9998 Comprehensive Examination (If not completed)

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

  • Completion of the Comprehensive Examination, if not completed, before the end of this term.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

 

Sixth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • In the event you have to redo the comprehensive examination, you must complete successfully the oral exam before the end of this term.

Year 3 Course Sequence and Milestones

Seventh Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report and the Annual Research Progress report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes

  • If you have not submitted your TAC by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Eight Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Ninth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Year 4 Course Sequence and Milestones

Tenth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your TAC by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Eleventh Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

  • Obtain permission to write before or during this term.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Twelfth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit your thesis during or at the end of this term.

  • Meet with your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC).
    You must hold your first TAC meeting during the first term.
    Your meetings can be more frequent, but once a year, for every subsequent years, you must meet with your TAC.

  • Submit these two reports through the Service Request application in your uoZone account:

    • Report of the TAC

    • Annual Research Progress Report