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On successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Understand the importance of the interplay between the nervous and immune systems in physiological homeostasis, and the pathological consequences of altering this relationship
- Appreciate how recent developments in neuroimmunology are changing established concepts in both immunology and neuroscience
- Apply neuroimmunological concepts to their own research
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 13 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Total | 103 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Learning Journal | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Assignment: Research Proposal | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Attendance: Scientific literature summary reports | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
The module assessment is carried out based on engagement with in-class activities, assignment submissions throughout the semester, along with an oral presentation and written submission at the end of the module. Feedback will be provided formatively via in-class discussions of relevant literature, in a tutorial-style format. Formal feedback will be provided in response to each submitted literature report, and following the end of module oral presentation.
Name | Role |
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Dr Gary Brennan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Jana Haase | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 21, 22, 25, 29 | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 23 | Tues 12:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24 | Tues 12:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 26 | Tues 12:00 - 13:50 |