Postgraduate Course: Research Training (Neuroscience) (NEBM11016)

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	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Students carry out original research on an approved 12-week project in a neuroscience laboratory.
Course description	Students 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 the project undertaken during semester 1.

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, 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 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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: Acquire skills in design of experiments and in methods and techniques in neuroscience research Become fluent with good laboratory practice Make appropriate quantitative and/or statistical analysis of neuroscience data Analyse and present the neuroscientific content of published research or conference proceedings