Course Information

A 6 credit capstone course to provide students with a rigorous neuroscience research experience under the supervision of one or more faculty members. Integrated support and feedback is provided by peers and faculty.

Note that although most NSCI 400 projects will be carried out within a traditional lab setting, this is not a requirement and other projects that engage in a meaningful way with research are possible with NSCI 400 instructor approval. Individual projects will require a faculty member or postdoctoral fellow to formally act as a supervisor for course evaluation purposes but can be carried out under the guidance of a graduate student or research staff.

Students submit a project proposal for approval before starting their project. Project proposals will indicate a statement related to: (1) the relevance of their project to neuroscience; and (2) the relevance of the project to the students’ curriculum and career plan. These proposals should be written in collaboration with the proposed faculty supervisor.

NSCI 400 Project Examples

• Write a graphic novel about simultagnosia (the inability to see more than one object at a time).

• Conduct an in-lab experiment on the mechanisms of memory in a mouse.

• Conduct a neuroimaging experiment with human participants who live with Alzheimer’s disease.

• Write a review paper on recent advances in the study of mice models of epilepsy.

• Study the neural mechanisms of language acquisition in toddlers.

Who is this course for?

This course is restricted to students in the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience and is a requirement for graduation in the BSc Neuroscience specialization.