MA in Cognitive and Neural Systems

Course Requirements
MA students are required to complete eight semester courses, at least six of which must be 500-level courses selected from the CNS curriculum (CN500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580). The remaining courses may be selected, with approval of the student’s faculty advisor, from other CNS courses and from courses offered by the Departments of Biology, Physiology, Medicine, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, and Psychology.

MA Comprehensive Examination
The MA examination is offered each year in January and in May. A student must have passed at least four 500-level courses in the CNS curriculum to take the MA examination.

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