| Location | Email Address | Program Website |
|---|---|---|
| 1008 Sherman Health Science Research Centre | efreud@yorku.ca | yorku.ca/gradstudies/neuroscience/ |
The Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience provides 91亚色 graduate students with a well-rounded education in neuroscience, creating a solid foundation on which to base their own neuroscience research. Through coursework and the neuroscience seminar series, students meet on a regular basis with like-minded neuroscience colleagues from across the university.
Admission Requirements
Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience applicants must be admitted into the Graduate Programs in Psychology, Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Philosophy, or Biology for their master鈥檚 or PhD studies. (If their graduate research involves neuroscience and they are not in one of these programs, they should contact the Graduate Diploma Coordinator.) Applicants must be incoming or current graduate student at the master鈥檚 or PhD level whose thesis or dissertation is on a topic in neuroscience and is being conducted under the supervision of a core faculty member of the Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience. Applicants must submit to the steering committee a one paragraph summary of their proposed research and a letter of endorsement from their supervisor supporting the application. Students in the last year of their masters or PhD studies are not eligible to apply.
Diploma Requirements
Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience students must successfully complete the following requirements:
- Thesis or Dissertation Topic
Successful concurrent completion of a master鈥檚 thesis or PhD dissertation in the field of neuroscience under the supervision of a core faculty member.
- Enrollment and Participation
Minimum two-year consecutive participation in the Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience.
- Coursework
Successful completion of two half-credit graduate courses in neuroscience:
Kinesiology & Health Science 6155 3.0: Fundamentals of Neuroscience I: Structures, Neurons and Synapses/Same as Biology 5146 3.0 and Psychology 6257 3.0, and Psychology 6253 3.0: Fundamentals of Neuroscience II: Circuits, Systems and Behaviour/Same as Biology 5147 3.0 and Kinesiology & Health Science 6156 3.0. Please note that these two courses may also count towards the degree requirement of the student鈥檚 graduate program.
- Neuroscience Seminar
Attendance at all sessions of the monthly neuroscience seminar series, by both first and second year graduate diploma students.
First-year graduate diploma students only are required to read monthly seminar articles, submit two questions, and meet with the speaker.
- Neuroscience Breadth Requirement
Successful completion of a breadth assignment on a neuroscience topic outside the student鈥檚 thesis area, selected in consultation with the supervisor.
Students may fulfill this requirement through one of the following formats:
1. Guest Lecture 鈥 Deliver a lecture in an undergraduate neuroscience-related course (with instructor approval).
2. Journal Club Critique 鈥 Prepare a concise, journal-style critique (e.g., Journal of Neuroscience 鈥淛ournal Club,鈥 Journal of Neurophysiology 鈥淣euroForum鈥) for submission.
3. Podcast or Recorded Presentation 鈥 Produce a 15鈥20 minute recorded talk explaining a neuroscience topic for a general or student audience.
All options require prior approval from the Diploma Coordinator and documentation of completion.
The assignment must demonstrate independent synthesis and communication of neuroscience concepts beyond the student鈥檚 primary research focus.
- Research Day. Research presentation
A 10-15 minute presentation of students鈥 own research to members of the graduate diploma, followed by a question and answer period.
For more information including how to apply to the graduate diploma, please go to: .