Postgraduate Course: Research Training II (Neuroscience) (NEBM11006)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Students carry out original research on an approved 12-week project in a neuroscience laboratory. It is permissible for this to be an extension of the same project and/or in the same laboratory as Research Training I.
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
195 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Not online distance learning
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
75 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
In course assessment by project supervisor: 25%
Presentation of project work:75% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Acquire skills in design of experiments and in methods and techniques in neuroscience research
- Become fluent with good laboratory practice
- Make appropriate quantitative and/or statistical analysis of neuroscience data
- Analyse and present the neuroscientific content of published research or conference proceedings
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Becker
Tel: 0131 242 7983
Email: thomas.becker@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lisa Kilcullen
Tel: (0131 6)51 5997
Email: L.Kilcullen@ed.ac.uk |
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