Postgraduate Course: Masters Dissertation (Neuroscience) (NEBM11002)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 80 |
ECTS Credits | 40 |
| Summary | Students carry out original research in an approved laboratory and prepare a scientific report presented in the form of a thesis. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
800
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 40,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 16,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
743 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Not online distance learning
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Oral presentation: 30%
Written report («10,000 words): 70%
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| 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 contemporary methods and techniques in neuroscience research
- Obtain and analyse quantitative neuroscience data
- Write coherent and scholarly scientific reports
- Acquire skills in oral presentation of research findings
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Becker
Tel: 0131 242 7983
Email: thomas.becker@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Stephen Graham
Tel: (0131 6)51 5232
Email: Stephen.Graham@ed.ac.uk |
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