516-307 Research Project

• This subject may involve the use of animals in experiments.

• 516-307 as part of a science major: 516-307 can be taken in a number of discipline areas and, with the permission of the department administering the major, could replace an existing subject in an appropriate major.

A suitable background in a discipline appropriate to the project; approval of the coordinator.

Note: Enrolment in this subject is contingent on the availability of a supervisor. A suitable supervisor may not be available in any particular semester.

A purely research laboratory-based subject. The student will design, carry out and present the results of a research project, under the supervision of a member of staff of the Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Physiology or Pharmacology.

A written report on the research project of no more than 4000 words submitted at the end of semester (70%); a 15-minute oral defence of the research project in the examination period (20%); supervisor's assessment of laboratory performance (10%).