Duration
26h Th, 26h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course covers fundamental aspects of the nervous system. It focuses on macroscopic and system-level aspects of the nervous system but still provides molecular and cellular basis.
The course is divided in 10 chapters:
- Introduction - general principles
- Neuroanatomy
- Neuroimaging techniques
- Somatosensory system
- Visual system
- Attention
- Memory
- Auditory system and langage
- Sleep and wakefulness
- Diseases
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will assimilate the main bases of the functioning of the nervous system, without a detailed understanding of it. He will be able to explain a behaviour on the basis of the sub-systems sustaining it. Through the practical part of the course, he will get a better idea of the type of work one could do within a biomedical orientation.
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, III.2, IV.2, V.2, VI.2, VII.2 of the BSc in engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Participative oral lectures: explanation of presented slides while students are encouraged to interrupt and ask questions.
Practical courses (mandatory):
- Oral presentations by members of the lab of Mr. Vandewalle; various themes most often related to the projects of each researcher; the goal is to give an overview of biomedical research to the students
- Short oral presentations by groups of 3 students on a theme defined during the course
- the group is divided in groups of 5-9 students and each group takes part to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Virtual or hybrid teaching only when mandatory; Face-to-face teaching only, when allowed with possibilities of concomitant virtual teaching.
Slide are writen in English and presented in French (they could be presented in English if requested). Courses may be recorded and podcasted. Podcasts would remain the property of Mr. Vandewalle and could be shared on internet or social networks. Podcasting will be stopped if the latter rule is not respected.
Practical course (mandatory)
Recommended or required readings
No written notes are given to the students. Copies of the slides are e-mail to all students before each course and students are encouraged to take notes.
No mandatory reading other than slides and personal notes.
Recommended reading:
- Principles of Neural Science, 5th edition, eds. Kandel et al. (2013), Mc Graw Hill Companies
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Oral examination.
The student picks random questions, prepare his answers for 20 min before being interrogated for 20 min. The picked questions set the basis of a discussion that can cover all aspects of the course. Questions may be prepared with the student course notes. Course diagrams may be used to respond to the questions. The student must also be able to locate different parts of the brain in an atlas (2 structures, of a list of about 10 given prior to the exam).
Participation to the practical courses and oral presentations will be taken into account for 25% the final mark (75% for oral examination).
Work placement(s)
N/A
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Virtual teaching only when mandatory; otherwise Face-to-face teaching. Mr. Vandewalle communicates via emails with all students and/or the class delegate.s.
Contacts
Gilles Vandewalle
GIGA-Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron-In Vivo Imaging
Bât. B30, Université de Liège - Sart Tilman
8 allée du Six Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgique
T: +32-4366-2367
F: +32-4366-2946
gilles.vandewalle@uliege.be