Contact:
Aras Petrulis, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
Department of Psychology
P.O. Box 3966
Atlanta, GA 30302-3966
Telephone: (404) 651-1081
FAX: (404) 651-3929
Email: apetrulis@gsu.edu
WWW: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwpsy/NBNProg.htm
Other Degrees Offered in the Program: Ph.D., M.S.
Program Established: 1994
Number of Faculty: 18
Number of Students: 21
U.S. Citizens: 90%
Female: 86%
U.S. Underrepresented Minorities: 8%
Native Americans: 4%
African American/Black: 4%
Number of Graduates in the Last Five Years:
8
Faculty Supervising Graduate Student Theses in Their Laboratories: 16
Years Taken to Complete Program: 7
Program Description: The
faculty of the Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience (NBN) Program offer
training in clinical, experimental, and developmental neuropsychology and the
behavioral neurosciences. Faculty with overlapping interests in understanding
brain-behavior relationships have joined together to provide focused and
in-depth training to students who wish to prepare themselves for applied or
basic careers in the neurosciences. The program is designed to offer doctoral
education for students whose interests are focused on the central nervous system
foundations and correlates of behavior in humans and non-human species. The
faculty have strong research programs in the development of auditory processing,
learning and higher cerebral functioning, recovery of function in early acquired
brain lesions, emotion and cortical function, developmental disorders,
neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of pheromonal processing and social
behavior, environmental and physiological influences on energy balance including
the imbalanced state of obesity, neural control of behavioral rhythmicity,
neuroendocrine control of social behavior, neurochemical regulation of memory,
and the neuropsychological development of attention and visuospatial processing.
The program stresses a multidisciplinary approach and interactions among
faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.
Students may choose from one of two tracks within this program. Track 1 is a
joint NBN-clinical program and is designed to provide neuropsychological and
neuroscience training to students who have primary interests or questions in
applied and clinical populations and would also like to be eligible for clinical
licensure. Track 2 is designed to provide neuropsychological and neuroscience
training to students who have either applied or basic science interests, but do
not have an interest in being licensed. This is a flexible program that is
designed to allow students to acquire the education, training and experiences
necessary to become distinguished researchers, clinicians, and teachers. Track 2
students can be admitted into the program to work with a particular faculty
mentor or can chose to rotate between two or three laboratories during the first
year.
Admission Requirements: B.A., B.S., M.A., or M.S.
How or Where to Apply: Application materials and other information are available at our webpage http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwpsy/index.htm (see in particular: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwpsy/HowToApply.htm).
Annual Tuition and Fees: Tuition waiver; ~ $450.00 per semester fees
Daycare Facilities And Costs Per Month: Excellent facilities available on campus; rates vary by age of child.
Stipend/Assistantships and Financial Assistance: All current students receive an annual stipend between $12,500-21,000 including a complete tuition waiver. NBN students are eligible to receive funding from the Brains and Behavior Graduate Fellow Program (http://brainsbehavior.gsu.edu/)and the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Scholar Program (http://www.cbn-atl.org/).
Last revised September
2006
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