Graduate
Student Learning Outcomes
Doctor of Philosophy in Addiction Neuroscience (Ph.D.)
Graduate students earning a Purdue University Ph.D. in Addiction Neuroscience on the IUPUI campus will demonstrate the following abilities related to the research focus of the degree:
- Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts in the psychological and brain sciences, including the methods, history, and theoretical and empirical foundations, with special emphasis on the neuroscience of addiction.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct, analyze, interpret, and communicate original research and scholarship in behavioral neuroscience, particularly in addiction neuroscience.
- Demonstrate understanding of the neural mechanisms and processes associated with the causes and consequences of substance abuse, including integration across genetic, neurobiological, developmental, and behavioral levels.
- Think critically and creatively to solve problems and generate new knowledge in behavioral neuroscience in general, with focus on and application to problems of drug abuse and addiction.
- Conduct research in the behavioral and addiction neurosciences in an ethical and responsible manner.