Postgraduate Course: Review of Neuroscience (NEBM11011)
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 | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Students attend lectures, seminars, workshops, practical classes and demonstrations given by Edinburgh Neuroscience research groups and carry out reading and written assignments, presentations and/or data analysis arising from these course components. |
| Course description |
In 11 themed weeks students will learn about different topics or disciplines in neuroscience each week, including for example:
Neurodegeneration and Regeneration; Cellular Neurophysiology; Cognitive Neurology - from patients to models; Neurodegenerative diseases: from bedside to bench and back to bedside; Presynaptic Function and Neurotransmitter Release; Neuroinformatics; Neural Control Systems; Hippocampal Synaptic Physiology and Memory; Sensory Systems
In the themed weeks indicated above, students will be familiarized with the breadth of neuroscience disciplines taught in Edinburgh and with basic principles and state-of-the-art in different disciplines in neuroscience.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 30,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
18 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Term Paper/Essay (1000 words maximum) plus lay summary (200 words maximum) - 100% |
| Feedback |
Direct verbal feedback given in tutorials; Specific written feedback after assessment. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Appreciate the scope of neuroscience as an interdisciplinary research activity
- Understand key concepts and hypotheses driving contemporary neuroscience research
- Understand methods and techniques used in contemporary neuroscience research
- Recognise good laboratory practice
- Acquire skills in reviewing neuroscience research in general and specific areas
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to forefront issues, or issues that are informed by forefront developments in the subject/discipline/sector.
Identify, conceptualise and define new and abstract problems and issues.
Critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a neuroscience.
Communicate, using appropriate methods, to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge/expertise.
Undertake critical evaluations of a wide range of numerical and graphical data.
Exercise substantial autonomy and initiative in professional and equivalent activities.
Demonstrate leadership and/or initiative and make an identifiable contribution to change and development and/or new thinking. |
| Keywords | Neuroscience |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Becker
Tel: 0131 242 7983
Email: thomas.becker@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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