BMS5004 · Advanced neuroscience

Overview

This unit aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the fundamental organisation and functional principles of the brain. Current and emerging concepts relating to brain neural systems and complex behaviours will be highlighted to provide a contextual basis for discussion of the range of approaches and methods used by neuroscience researchers in studying normal and abnormal brain function and behaviour. You will evaluate and review relevant research literature to further explore specific areas of neuroscience, from brain neural networks through to human and animal behaviour, and present this information in written forms, and via oral presentations and posters suitable for a conference presentation.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Compile and recount advanced knowledge of relationships between brain processes and behaviour;
2. Apply problem solving and decision-making methodologies to discuss and analyse contemporary research and theoretical issues in key defined areas of neuroscience;
3. Explain the pathological mechanisms involved in specific neurological/neuropsychiatric disorders;
4. Review, analyse and communicate on a range of research tools and paradigms used in different domains of neuroscientific research;
5. Source, integrate and critically evaluate literature to synthesise the review necessary for a prototype application to study a particular problem;
6. Present, analyse and interpret data from a range of experiment types and discuss this in the context of current scientific literature.

Workload

12 hours study per week distributed as: On-campus: 6 hours of contact per week, including lectures, masterclass presentations from Neuroscientists and journal club presentations by the students Off-campus: 4-6 hours of private study time.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.