Neuroscience

Intended learning outcomes

Neuroscience Major Graduates should demonstrate:

• a foundation of fundamental knowledge of neuronal and nervous system organisation and function, and a critical engagement with the neuroscientific literature; this should empower students to see the connections between the detailed discipline knowledge and broader questions within and beyond neuroscience;
• an ability to describe how numerous Science disciplines have increased our understanding of nervous system function, and how Neuroscience overlaps with other areas of related study;
• the capacity to be self-directed learners and independent thinkers; to critically evaluate claims and ideas, to see connections between ideas, hypothesis, experiments and interpretation of information;
• awareness of the scope, limits and power of measurement techniques, and the role of the methods of measurement and the paths to discovery that may involve different approaches to understanding complex problems; and
• an ability to critically read and analyse scientific papers and communicate scientific ideas in an essay task that is intended to help integrate and critically evaluate interpretation of data and provide an insight into the process of scientific peer review.