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Neuroscience

Neuroscience

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1. Define and integrate interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological concepts in neuroscience, their contradictions and development prospects;
ON2. Estimate the contribution of related disciplines to the understanding of phylogeny and ontogenesis of the nervous system in norm and pathology;
ON3. Define new theoretical and applied issues in neuroscience in relation to the economic and social demands of society and ways to their solving;
ON4. Plan and develop valid experimental studies in neuroscience in relevant research centers and institutions;
ON5. Synthesize the obtained experimental data in the context of a multidisciplinary approach in neuroscience and interpret them in accordance with the requirements of international standards;
ON6. Analyze the validity and efficiency of methodological approaches in applied aspects of neuroscience;
ON7. Develop scripts for automatic analysis of group data using modern software packages;
ON8. Master the academic writing skills for preparation and publication scientific papers in the leading scientific journals;
ON9. Present the results of the own research and participate in scientific discussions with scientists at international conferences, scientific seminars, congresses, and master classes;
ON10. Develop evaluation criteria and target indicators of the effectiveness of neurotechnologies in practice;
ON11. Create modern neurotechnology programs using an interdisciplinary approach;
ON12. Master the methods of scientific communication in order to broadcast the own ideas and results of studies in neuroscience to the scientific community and other stakeholder communities.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Neuroscience
Speciality Code
7M05113
Faculty
Biology and Biotechnology

disciplines

Biophysics for Neuroscience
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course is provide understanding biophysical aspects of neuroscience. The course gives biophysical foundations of tissues functioning, bioelectrical phenomena in organisms, biophysical foundations of methods (EEG, ECG, EMG, etc.), biophysics elements (EPR, NMR, etc.), influence of physical factors on biosystems, biophysical approach to experimental research in neurosciences.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - поведения. The purpose of the discipline is form interdisciplinary understanding of neurophysiological mechanisms of emotional and cognitive processes, scientific research methods, neurotechnologies of cognitive functions. The course develops the ability to analyze theories of cognitive neuroscience, neuroscientific foundations of behavior.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Human Functional Systems
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form presentation of vital activity of human body as an open self-regulating system in the field of general and private physiology. The course is devoted to integral organism functions, systemic approach in understanding physiological mechanisms of body functions from the functional systems concept.

Organization and planning of scientific research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to formulate the topic, goals and objectives of scientific research; methodology of theoretical and experimental research; analysis of theoretical and experimental research and formulation of conclusions and proposals. Undergraduates will master innovative activities, techniques for implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of scientific research, as well as the rules for registration and protection of research results.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Researches
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the skills necessary for planning and conducting high-quality and competitive scientific research. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of the process of scientific research, their goals, objectives, stages of implementation, as well as areas of application of the results. The discipline is aimed at studying the foundations of the scientific method, the methodology for conducting literary and experimental research, the rules for preparing and reviewing scientific publications and projects.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2022-2025 years

disciplines

Affective Neuroscience
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form an idea of the relationship of emotional experience and behavior with brain functions, analyze the theory of affect, methodological approaches in affective neuroscience. The course reveals dynamic features of interaction mechanisms of the brain regions associated with emotional experience.

Brain-computer interface
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to build ability to develop functionality of neurocomputer interfaces, analyze ways of information processing of the brain. The course reveals principles of interaction of the brain and computer, modeling information processes taking into account the peculiarities of encoding, decoding sensory information, for correction disorders.

Cognitive Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to analyze theoretical and empirical knowledge about the psychological mechanisms of cognitive processes, current theories of perception, attention, memory, thinking and language. The course forms ideas about models of cognitive processes, modern research in cognitive psychology and its perspective areas.

Current problems of neurodegenerative deseases
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course is to form a system of understandings about the mechanisms of development of neurodegenerative diseases, their classification, clinical manifestations, diagnostics, risk factors, biological foundations of prevention and treatment. The course reveals current models for the study of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease.

DATA Mining and Big DATA in Neuroscience
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop ability to apply methods and algorithms of intellectual analysis in solving problems of identifying implicit patterns in data. The course examines neural network classification algorithms, design features of classification algorithms provided by SQL Server Analysis Services for use in brain signal analysis.

Epigenetics and neurogenetics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use theoretical-practical knowledge of epigenetic and neurogenetic mechanisms of functioning, change of genome. The course is devoted to mechanisms of realizing epigenetic signals in cells, role of gene expression in the development of the brain and plasticity of behavior.

Evolutionary and Developmental Neurobiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze the evolutionary development of the organic world and ontogenesis based on the formation of ideas about the patterns of phylogenetic and individual development of the nervous system of animals, morphofunctional transformations of the brain in the evolutionary series of animals and in the process of ontogenesis.

Machine Learning
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to select an acceptable machine learning method for solving a specific data analysis problem, perform data preprocessing, configure the analysis method parameters and interpret obtained results, develop algorithms and write programs for logical, probabilistic, metric machine learning models.

Neuroinformatics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop programming skills for neuroscientific research, in particular for analyzing brain signals and modeling neural networks. The course is devoted to the practical development of EEGLab, SPM, MATLAB and Python for their application in data analysis in clinical neuroscience.

Neuromechanism of Decision Making
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to conduct methodological analysis of problems of neurobiological foundations of decision-making, role of influence of emotions on processes of decision-making and risk assessment. The course forms systemic understanding functions of the brain in decision-making processes in norm and pathology.

Phyton and MATLAB Programming
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply programming technologies in the development of system and application software, to use the MATLAB-environment to create simulation models of processes in real time, to build algorithms for processing arrays, structured data using the Python language and the Matlab-environment.

Research in Neuropsychopathology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to methodologically analyze scientific research on the neurobiological foundations of psychiatric diseases. The course includes the basics of psychopathology along with modern achievements in neuropsychopathology: FRTM, EEG brain research in neurodegenerative diseases.

Data for 2022-2025 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to develop the ability to plan and conduct research work. The practice develops academic skills, including the preparation and conduct of research work, both individually and as part of research teams and structural units of scientific institutions. The research practice aims to collect and process large amounts of data (factual material) using modern information and communication technologies to carry out the research work. During the course of research practice students should be competent in: - plan research and development work; - to work with scientific literature independently: to annotate scientific sources, to make abstracts and reviews; - independently conduct scientific research in the field of language system and basic laws of literature development; - use modern information resources to solve research problems; - collect, process, analyze and systematize scientific information; - use innovative methods of domestic and foreign philological schools; - argumentatively present the results of scientific research; - prepare and edit scientific publications: theses, articles. During the course of research practice students will learn following aspects: Theoretical foundations of research work. Modern methods and techniques in philological research. Independent development of scientific and applied projects in the field of linguistics and literary criticism. Rule of formation of educational and methodical literature. Interpretation of the results of scientific research.

Data for 2022-2025 years