Entry requirements

120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical bioscience, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology or equivalent education within biology/chemistry or medicine.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• describe the clinical symptoms, genetic components, and pathological processes of our most common neurodegenerative diseases.
• explain how various laboratory techniques and animal and cell models can be used to study the biochemical, cellular, and inflammatory processes central to neurodegenerative diseases.
• describe existing treatments and diagnostics in the field and discuss strategies for developing future drugs and diagnostic methods.

Skills and abilities

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• analyze and practically conduct laboratory work with techniques central to research in molecular neurodegeneration.
• apply knowledge from lectures, seminars, and current scientific publications related to the subject area to theoretical laboratory tasks. 
• compile relevant scientific information related to a neurodegenerative disease and present it both orally and in writing.

Jugdement and approach

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• examine and take a stance on scientific research related to a neurodegenerative disease, and identify strategies to fill knowledge gaps in the current field.
• explain and demonstrate the ability to reflect on scientific, ethical, and societal issues related to neurodegenerative.

Content

The course covers molecular and clinical aspects of neurodegenerative diseases, focusing primarily on research-related issues in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The course will highlight important questions and central methods used in this research field.

Instruction

Teaching is provided in the form of mandatory seminars, laboratory work, case studies, and demonstrations. Both individual work and group work will occur during the course, including both written and oral presentations. In addition to mandatory elements, lectures are given for support and in-depth study.

Assessment

The learning outcomes will be assessed continuously during the course in the form of oral and practical tasks, as well as individual written tasks. To pass the course, participation in all mandatory elements is required. The examination also includes a literature project to be presented orally and in writing, as well as a written exam.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by a different method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator