From Network to Behaviour

6 EC

Semester 1, period 2

5234NETB6Y

Owner Master Biomedical Sciences
Coordinator dr. ing. E.A. van Vliet
Part of Master Biomedical Sciences, track Physiology of Synapses and Networks, year 1

Course manual 2018/2019

Objectives

  • conduct literature research and use this scientific literature to get insights in a neurobiological topic;
  • summarize literature using own words;
  • integrate literature and compose a specific research question;
  • design relevant experiments that can answer the research question;
  • dissect a human brain;
  • identify brain regions and explain their functions;
  • can evaluate, understand and explain commonly used and state-of-the-art neurophysiological and behavioral techniques and contemplate these methods in scientific papers.

Learning activities

Activity

Hours

Hoorcollege

15

Practicum

18

Tentamen

2

Werkcollege

4

Self study

129

Total

168

(6 EC x 28 uur)

Attendance

The programme does not have requirements concerning attendance (TER-B).

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

1 (100%)

Tentamen

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

WeeknummerOnderwerpenStudiestof
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. ing. E.A. van Vliet