Medical Neuroscience

With your graduate studies at Dalhousie, you’ll be enrolled in one of the foremost research schools in the country.

You will be learning from and working alongside dedicated and highly experienced faculty and researchers who are developing a better understanding of how the nervous system functions and develops. We pride ourselves on conducting meaningful research that makes a difference in the lives of Canadians and those around the world.

Our MSc programs in medical neuroscience will provide you with a sound multidisciplinary background in neuroscience research, research and teaching training, and an in-depth understanding of the human body.

Students are trained in the field of modern cellular and molecular neuroscience as a foundation to stimulate curiosity-driven neuroscience research and to develop effective strategies to detect, treat and cure diseases of the nervous system.

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Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis.

Courses include:

• Clinical Anatomy for Occupational Therapists

• Topics in Mammalian Embryology and Molecular Developmental Biology

• Functional Human Anatomy

• Chemical Neurobiology

• Human Neuroanatomy