MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience

The MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience is aimed at home and international students who are seeking to build on their undergraduate qualifications to develop their project management skills and theoretical knowledge for a career in research or related disciplines. In addition, the programme is aimed at those from closely related science backgrounds to build up a knowledge and practical experience of cognitive neuroscience and psychology before embarking on a psychology related career. As the theoretical background to, and techniques of, cognitive neuroscience are rarely available to students at undergraduate level, the main objective of this MSc is to provide students with detailed historical, philosophical, theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of cognitive neuroscience techniques. This wide-ranging knowledge will make students extremely strong candidates for future research positions, and provide them with an ability to develop broad research programmes, utilising a range of techniques, as independent researchers.

Course Structure

Teaching is generally organized into a number of 10-week course units involving 2 to 3 hours of lectures, seminars, and practicals per week. Each 10-week unit is assessed by means of formative and summative assessments.

The summative assessment counts towards the final degree. For the program as a whole, this assessment is divided (with small variations across programs) in equal proportions between examinations (33.3%), written assignments (33.3%) and dissertation (33.3%). 

Core Modules

• Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience (30 credits)
• Techniques in Cognitive Neuroscience (30 credits)
• Research Practice (15 credits)
• Critical Analysis (15 credits)
• Applied Statistics (30 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits).