MSc (Clinical Neuroscience)

Program Overview

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Postgraduate Programmes in Psychology

Course Overview

Knowledge derived from neuroscience research in mental health, psychology, neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration is revolutionising how we think about and treat mental disorders. A thorough grounding in neuroscience is fast becoming an essential step for a career in academic and clinical psychology, psychiatry, and careers in neuroscience more broadly.

In response to that need this program is designed for students with backgrounds in psychology, medicine, pharmacology, and other biomedical and neuroscience related disciplines. It will equip students with a set of core skills in the field of clinical neuroscience including in-depth understanding of neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, and neuropsychiatry. Students will have opportunities to learn through practical hands-on experience.

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Program Outline

Course Outline

The course will be of a content and format consistent with highest standards for postgraduate courses, consisting of 90 ECTS credits obtained by completion of course modules. Teaching approaches will consist of didactic lectures, problem-based learning, seminars, workshops, journal clubs, practicals and completion of a research dissertation, as well as subject specific training in a range of areas relevant to clinical neuroscience. Students will also receive valuable training in current research methodologies, being facilitated to study in-depth those methodologies most interesting to them (e.g. systematic review methodologies, wet-bench methodologies, software methodologies, etc.).

Modules include:

Neuroanatomy

Neurophysiology

Medical Genomics

Fundamental & Applied Concepts in Pharmacology

Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology

Neuropsychology

Clinical & Experimental Cognitive Neuroscience

Human Neuroimaging

Neuropsychiatry & Mental Health

Applied Statistics

Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience

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Curriculum Information

Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).

Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.

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Glossary of Terms

Credits

You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.

Module

An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.

Subject

Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.

Optional

A module you may choose to study.

Required

A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).

Required Core Subject

A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.

Semester

Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.

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Year 1 (90 Credits)

Optional

SI209:

Neurophysiology

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

ST311:

Applied Statistics I

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

PS340:

Neuropsychology

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

AN326:

Neuroanatomy

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

BI5101:

Molecular biology for quantitative scientists

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

MA5106:

Medical Genomics 1

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

PM209:

Applied Concepts in Pharmacology

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

PM208:

Fundamental Concepts in Pharmacology

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

BI5107:

Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Required

PS6130:

Clinical and Experimental Cognitive Neuroscience

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Required

PS6132:

Dissertation

- 30 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

RPL015:

Recognised Prior Learning

- 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

RPL010:

Recognised Prior Learning

- 10 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

RPL005:

Recognised Prior Learning

- 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional

PS320:

Memory & Cognition

- 5 Credits - Semester 2

Required

PS6157:

Research Methods in Neuroscience

- 10 Credits - Semester 2

Required

AN5105:

Human Neuroimaging

- 10 Credits - Semester 2

Required

PS6133:

Neuropsychiatry and Mental Health

- 10 Credits - Semester 2

Optional

AN4104:

Clinical Neuroimaging & Radiological Anatomy

- 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional

PS6131:

Research Methods in Neuroscience

- 15 Credits - Semester 2

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Why Choose This Course?

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Career Opportunities

Graduates of this programme are likely to go on to professional training in clinical psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience-related posts in industry or to undertake further academic work at PhD level.

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Transferable Skills Employers Value

On the successful completion of this programme students will have:

Enhanced skills in research and experimental design

A high level of written and verbal communication

Data management, analysis, and statistics skills

Oral and scientific poster presentation skills

The ability to critically evaluate published information

Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others

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