Postgraduate Course: Integrative Neuroscience (BIME11043)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	80	ECTS Credits	40
Summary	To extend students theoretical background in a specific area of neuroscience research and to carry out an original piece of neuroscience research via a project.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, 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: 800 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 19, External Visit Hours 14, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 16, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 729 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One 20 week maxi project (maximum 10,000 words) = 100%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: The aim of this course is to act as an elective research theme for the MSc by Research in the Biomedical Sciences Programme and to provide students with the opportunity to acquire relevant research skills and associated generic/transferable skills To provide students with thorough and specific preparation for 3 year PhD training in the life sciences To award an MSc by Research en route to the PhD To provide an opportunity, if necessary or desirable, to exit from research training at the end of Year 1 with an Edinburgh Masters or Diploma by Research Degree in the Life Sciences