Q: What does NACS stand for?
A: Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Q: What is a "home department?"
A: Because the NACS program is an interdisciplinary program and not a department it does not have a centrally located set of physical facilities for its students to use. Instead each student works in a home department and makes use of the facilities in that department. Research and teaching assistantships are usually paid through the home department.

Q: How is a student's home department determined?
A: A student's home department is the department in which his or her advisor holds an appointment. In the case of faculty with joint appointments in more than one department, the home department is decided by mutual agreement of the student, advisor, and the involved departments.

Q: Does NACS have a master's program?
A: No, NACS offers only doctoral degrees

Q: What sort of financial support is available for NACS students?
A: NACS students receive funding from many sources. Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and training grants are common funding sources for our students. Several graduate students recieve funding from the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing and the Neuroethology training program.

Q: What is the difference between the NACS 898 and 899 courses?
A: NACS 898 is the dissertation course for students who have not yet advanced to candidacy. NACS 899 is the dissertation course taken after the student advances to candidacy. Each Fall and Spring semester after a student has advanced to candidacy, the registrar will automatically register the student for six credits of NACS 899.

Other useful FAQs:

The Graduate School FAQ