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Undergraduate Course: General Neuroscience (NEBM10028)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaNeuroscience (Biomedical Sciences) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course covers aspects of cognitive, systems, cellular, molecular and clinical neuroscience with the aim of educating students in the breadth of the subject, and providing training and development in evidence-based critical reading and writing skills, data acquisition and analysis, and project management. The course will include critical reading of original research literature and analysis of experimental results in neuroscience. We also highlight current controversies and challenges for the 21st Century in Neuroscience, partly by asking teachers and experienced researchers to speak about their subject area then leading students through specific aspects of the topic. The aim is to encourage critical thinking and evaluation of evidence, crucial to the development of a neuroscientist. These skills are also of practical value in dealing with material on the Elective Courses and students' independent research towards their Dissertation. Students will then receive education and training in project management. This part of the course will be based on lectures and small-group teamwork and shall normally include training in literature searching, database mining, research funding, costing research, teamworking, project planning (including Gantt charts and milestones), ethics, experimental design, data acquisition and analysis, report writing, publishing research in academic journals, press releases, public engagement and patenting procedures.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2), Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralLecture1-17 09:00 - 13:00
First Class Week 1, Wednesday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: Central. Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre, Hugh Robson Building, George Sq
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)General Neuroscience2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Increase understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be added later.
Assessment Information
50% Degree Examination - 2 hours in Duration in May
50% In-Course Assessment
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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KeywordsNEUROGenNeuro
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Ribchester
Tel: (0131 6)50 3256
Email: rrr@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Tina Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 3094
Email: Tina.Harvey@ed.ac.uk
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