BMS5004 Advanced neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
BMS5004 Advanced neuroscience is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2022 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BMS5004
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After BMS5004
No unit lists BMS5004 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit will aim to develop students' 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.
Students 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 in 2022
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Journal club presentationsThreshold hurdle40%
- Experimental design task (1,500 words equivalent)20%
- Data analysis task (1,500 words equivalent)20%
- Essay (1,500 words)20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 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 and teaching
- Workshops60 hours
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.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Ramesh Rajan
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Wendy Imlach
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BMS5004?
BMS5004 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is BMS5004 offered?
In 2022, BMS5004 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
Does BMS5004 have an exam?
No. BMS5004 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.