Undergraduate Course: Neuroscience Synoptic Assessment (NEBM10038)
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 | Synoptic assessment of general expertise and understanding of contemporary neuroscience. |
| Course description |
This assessment seeks to establish your wider knowledge and understanding of issues in contemporary neuroscience, the challenges that face researchers in gaining mechanistic insight to the workings of the brain and nervous system and the extent to which this knowledge can be used to develop therapies to treat disease. You are expected to have gained this knowledge and understanding from material taught in the earlier years of undergraduate study, during the General Neuroscience course and importantly through wider reading of contemporary research. You will be expected to appraise critically findings that are presented in research papers, reviews or in seminars that you attend. You are encouraged to keep up to date with new findings and their impact by reading relevant papers in neuroscience-specific (e.g. Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Trends in Neurosciences) and more general journals (e.g. Nature, Science, eLife, Cell). Further guidance on preparation and details of the Synoptic Examination will be provided during Semester 2.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Summative Assessment Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
90 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
24 hour open book assessment with the expectation that the task can be completed in 8 hours. 2000 word limit for essay. |
| Feedback |
Session, if requested, following conclusion of final Classification Board of Examiners Meeting. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge to demonstrate understanding of neurobiological processes including an ability to critically evaluate and integrate information from a range of sources.
- Demonstrate analytical and interpretive skills in relation research data and an ability to develop and critically analyse hypotheses and arguments.
- Demonstrate understanding and the application of appropriate techniques to test hypotheses in contemporary neuroscience.
- Communicate understanding and analysis of major topics in neuroscience through the planning and synthesis of a balanced, coherent, focussed and logically-written 2000 word essay.
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Reading List
| Indicative recommended reading is supplied in the Honours Neuroscience programme handbook. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Synthesis and dissemination of knowledge and understanding of contemporary neuroscience |
| Keywords | NEU_Syp |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tara Spires-Jones
Tel: (0131 6)51 1895
Email: Tara.Spires-Jones@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Thomas
Tel: (0131 6)51 5232
Email: Fiona.Thomas@ed.ac.uk |
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