? Credit Points : 80  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : BMS-P-P01052

Students carry out original research in an approved laboratory and prepare a scientific report presented in the form of a thesis.

? Keywords : Neuroscience, Dissertation

? Pre-requisites : Satisfactory performance or better in all of the following: Review of Neuroscience, Research Training I, Presenting Neuroscience Research Data, Research Proposal, as per PG Common Marking Scheme.

? Co-requisites : Must attend Neuroscience Graduate Seminars.

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

Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 5 and beyond

To acquire skills in design of experiments and contemporary methods and techniques in neuroscience research; To obtain and analyse quantitative neuroscience data; To write coherent and scholarly scientific reports; To acquire skills in oral presentation of research findings.

Oral presentation: 30%
Written report (<10,000 words): 70%

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/