1ST YEAR CURRICULUM INFORMATION

FALL SEMESTER - 9 Credit Hours

GBS 730 - Intro to Neurobiology (Dauphin Island Course)           3 credit hours
Course runs for approx 3 weeks from late July - mid August at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) on the Gulf of Mexico. Students live, study, and work on the island. UAB faculty and advanced graduate students offer instruction and assistance. Orientation is held several days prior to departure.
Coursemasters: Paul Gamlin, PhD, and Kent Keyser, PhD
NOTE:  Students will take this course just before the beginning of Fall semester of first year; however, because of hour restrictions, students do not register for this or receive a grade for it until the following Summer semester.

GBS 707 - Basic Biochemistry/Metabolism                                 2 credit hours
First block of Basic Biosciences course taken by all first year GBS students. Begins Aug 14 in BBRB 170.  GBS 707, 708 and 709 meet Monday-Friday, 8am-10am.

GBS 708 - Basic Genetics/Molecular Biology                               2 credit hours
Second block of Basic Biosciences course taken by all first year GBS students.

GBS 731 - Principles of Cellular Neuroscience                            3 credit hours
M-F, 8am-10am, Shelby Bldg room 1115.
Course covers a variety of topics relative to cellular neuroscience.
Coursemaster: Vlad Parpura, MD, PhD 

GBS 734 - Neuroscience Historical Literature Discussion              1 credit hour
Fridays, 3pm-5pm, Shelby Bldg room 105, Meets Aug 19-Dec 16.
Journal club for first year neuroscience students. Reviews and presentations of classic literature.
Coursemaster: Lucas Pozzo-Miller, PhD

GBS 795 - Lab Rotation 1                                                         1 credit hour
Instructor: Your Rotation Mentor

SPRING SEMESTER - 9 Credit Hours

GBS 732 - Grad Neuro (Jan-Feb)                                             2 credit hours
Days, time/location TBA
Coursemaster: Robin Lester, PhD

GBS 791 - Grad Neuro Discussion (Jan-Feb)                             1 credit hour
Days, time/location TBA
Coursemaster: Scott Wilson, PhD

GBS 714 - Developmental Neuroscience (Mar)                          2 credit hours
(crosslisted with CMB course) M-F, 8am-10am
Coursemaster: Kent Keyser, PhD

GBS 733 - Disease of the Nervous System (Apr)                        2 credit hours
(crosslisted with CMB course) M-F, 8am-10am, CIRC
Coursemaster: Harald Sontheimer, PhD

GBS 796 - Lab Rotation 2                                                       2 credit hours
Instructor: Your Rotation Mentor

SUMMER SEMESTER - 9 Credit Hours

GBS 797 - Lab Rotation 3                                                       5 credit hours
Instructor: Your Rotation Mentor

GBS 737 - Student Summer Seminar Series  (Jun-Sep)               1 credit hour
Th, 1:30pm, BBRB 170
Coursemaster: Karen Gamble, PhD

GBS 730 - Intro to Neurobiology                                                3 credit hours 
This is the course taken just before start of previous Fall semester 
       


FALL SEMESTER of 2nd Year - 9 Credit Hours, of which 6 are with following:

BY 775 - Biometry                                                                    3 credit hours
Days/Times TBA
Coursemaster: Robert Angus, PhD

GRD 717 - Principles of Scientific Integrity                                 3 credit hours

Additional requirements

• Seminar every semester (GBS 737 every summer semester)
• Journal club every Fall and Spring semester
• 3 advanced course electives chosen by the student and mentor