? Credit Points : 40  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : BMS-P-P01051

Students use library and other web-based or text-based resources to prepare an original report on an area of neuroscience research.

? Keywords : neuroscience, diploma, dissertation

? Pre-requisites : A pass or better in all of the following: Review of Neuroscience, Research Training I, Presenting Neuroscience Research Data, Research Proposal.

? Co-requisites : Must attend Neuroscience Graduate Seminars plus all other courses (except the Masters Dissertation) on MSc by Research in Neuroscience.

? Prohibited combinations : Cannot be completed at the same time as Masters Dissertation (Neuroscience).

Home subject area

Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

To understand principles of design of experiments and in contemporary methods and techniques in neuroscience research; To analyse and present quantitative neuroscience data; To write coherent and scholarly scientific reports.

Written Dissertation (<5000 words): 100%

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Anne Aitken
Tel : (0131 6)50 3520
Email : Anne.Aitken@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Paul Skehel
Tel : (0131 6)51 1961
Email : Paul.Skehel@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.cnr.ed.ac.uk/postgrad.htm

School Website : http://www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/