Postgraduate Course: Review of Neuroscience (NEBM11001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
http://www.mscneuro.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Students attend seminars, workshops, practical classes and demonstrations given by Edinburgh Neuroscience research groups and carry out reading and written assignments, presentations and/or data analysis arising from these course components. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Block 2 (Sem 1), Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| To appreciate the scope of neuroscience as an interdisciplinary research activity; To understand key concepts and hypotheses driving contemporary neuroscience research; to understand methods and techniques used in contemporary neuroscience research; To recognise good laboratory practice; To acquire skills in reviewing neuroscience research in general and specific areas. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Term Paper/Essay (3000 words maximum) 50%; Written report 50% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Becker 
Tel: 0131 242 7983 
Email: thomas.becker@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Sandford 
Tel: (0131 6)51 1824 
Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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