To complete the Biomedical Neuroscience concentration, students must compile three (3) or more elements/assignments from their time in the program into a portfolio. These portfolio elements may include capstone chapters which have passed editorial review prior to fall 2024, VoiceThread projects which you developed in the Fundamentals course, and other selected essay assignments you have completed in program courses. The completed portfolio should include three (3) or more of these elements.
Here is a list of examples of how your portfolio can be put together:
- First Chapter* + Second Chapter + Narrative*** (three elements total)
- First Chapter + VT Project** + Narrative (three elements total)
- First Chapter + First Element (essay/poster/project)** + Second Element (essay/poster/project) + Narrative (four elements total)
- VT Project + First Element (essay/poster/project) + Second Element (essay/poster/project) + Narrative (four elements total)
*All capstone chapters included in the portfolio must have passed editorial review PRIOR to fall 2024.
**All VT projects, essay submissions, poster and presentation projects must have received a grade of 84% or greater (B) to be eligible for inclusion in your portfolio. If you are unsure about the suitability of an element in terms of its eligibility for inclusion, you must contact the instructor in whose course the assignment was completed and assessed.
***New requirement: Narrative. While this material cannot and is not intended to replace the content of an in-person defense, it will serve to contextualize the elements of your portfolio build and help those reading your portfolio understand why you chose each element.
The narrative should include a description of each element, an explanation of what role each plays in your personal and/or professional development, and (if possible) how the elements in your portfolio relate to one another.