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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences)

Postgraduate Course: Research Training II (Neuroscience) (NEBM11006)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryStudents carry out original research on an approved 12-week project in a neuroscience laboratory. It is permissible for this to be an extension of the same project and/or in the same laboratory as Research Training I.

Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Review of Neuroscience (NEBM11001) AND Research Training I (Neuroscience) (NEBM11004) AND Presenting Neuroscience Research Data (NEBM11005)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 195 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Not online distance learning
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 75 %
Additional Information (Assessment) In course assessment by project supervisor: 25%
Presentation of project work:75%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Acquire skills in design of experiments and in methods and techniques in neuroscience research
  2. Become fluent with good laboratory practice
  3. Make appropriate quantitative and/or statistical analysis of neuroscience data
  4. Analyse and present the neuroscientific content of published research or conference proceedings
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.mscneuro.mvm.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsneuroscience, laboratory
Contacts
Course organiserDr Thomas Becker
Tel: 0131 242 7983
Email:
Course secretaryMs Marie-Therese Rafferty
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email:
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