Undergraduate Course: Neuroscience Project Management Course (NEBM10034)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Students will receive education and training in project management. This course will be based on lectures and small-group teamwork and shall normally include training in literature searching, database mining, research funding, teamworking, project planning, ethics, experimental design, report writing, publishing research in academic journals, press releases, public engagement and patenting procedures. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Principles of project management
- How to conceive and plan projects
- How to design experiments and how to write proposals for funding applications
- Understanding the importance of working along milestones
- Different forms of publications (presentation at conferences, publication in peer reviewed journals) and how to publish findings to the general public
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Reading List
| Recommended reading is available from the Course Organiser on request. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | NEU_ProjM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Karen Horsburgh
Tel: (0131 6)50 6940
Email: karen.horsburgh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1514
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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