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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Neuroscience


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: First year
Code Module name Credits
Psychology 1 20 AND
Psychology 2 20 AND
Biology 1 20 AND
Biology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Psychology 1 30 AND
^ Psychology 2 30 AND
~ Cell Biology 15 AND
~ Cell Systems 15 AND
~ View list 30 credits from Module List: BL2300, BL2302 - BL2304, BL2306 - BL2308, BL2310
Research Methods in Biology 15
Molecular Biology 15
Evolutionary Biology 15
Invertebrate Zoology 15
Biochemistry 15
Ecology 15
Vertebrate Zoology 15
Comparative Physiology 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked ^
  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked ~

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 40 credits from Module List: PN3312 - PN3313 AND
Neuropharmacology 20
Neuroscience 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 10 credits from Module List: PS3037 - PS3038 AND
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 20 credits from Module List: BL3303, BL3319, BL3323 AND
Membranes and Cell Communication 20
Animal Behaviour: A Quantitative Approach 20
Terrestrial Zoology 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 15 and 25 credits from Module List: PN3321, BL33201 or PS3021 AND
Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists 10
Advanced Critical Analysis Reading Party 10
Research Design and Analysis 1 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: BL3301 - BL3302, BL3310 - BL3311, PS3032 - PS3033, PS3035
Protein Structure and Function 20
Gene Regulation 20
Bioenergetics 20
Infection and Disease 20
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Other 3000-level modules in Biology or Psychology & Neuroscience may be substituted with the approval of the Degree Controller.


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( Neuroscience Research Project 60 OR
Literature-based Research Project 30 ) AND
View list At least 15 credits from Module List: PN4230 - PN4290 AND
Neurodegeneration and Aging 15
Neuromodulation 15
Neuroethology 15
Synaptic Transmission 15
Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10 AND
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: PS3032 - PS3033, PS3037 - PS3038 AND
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 75 credits from Module List: BL4210 - BL4289, ID4001, PS4060 - PS4199
Practical Skills for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 15
Antimicrobials - Mode of Action and Resistance 15
How Enzymes Work 15
Molecular Virology 15
Bacterial Virulence Factors 15
Structure-based Drug Discovery 15
BL4220 Geomicrobiology - from Gold Mines to Global Warming, how Microbes influence our Planet 15
Metabolic and Clinical Biochemistry 15
BL4223 Molecular and cell biology of eukaryotic DNA replication 15
Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Trafficking 15
Advanced Microscopy and Image Analysis - Seeing is Believing 15
Chromatin and Genome Stability 15
BL4230 Neurodegeneration and Aging 15
BL4231 Neuromodulation 15
Neuroethology 15
BL4234 Synaptic Transmission 15
BL4235 Motoneurons: From Physiology to Pathology 15
BL4248 Human Physiology of Diving 15
Scientific Diving 15
Tropical Marine Biology 15
Fisheries Research 15
Marine and Environmental Biotechnology 15
Marine Bioacoustics 15
Foraging in Marine Mammals 15
Marine Mammals and Man 15
BL4260 Biological Oceanography 15
Environmental Drivers of Marine Habitats 15
The Question of Culture in Animals 15
Conservation Research Methods 15
Science Communication of Biodiversity and Conservation 15
Plant-environment Interactions 15
BL4273 Bioinformatics for Biologists 15
Evolutionary Developmental Biology 15
Evolution in Action 15
Biology of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Vertebrates 15
The CRISPR system for Antiviral Defence and Genome Engineering 15
Evolution and Human Behaviour 15
BL4281 Animal Communication and Cognition 15
Biology and Behaviour of Social Insects 15
BL4284 Breeding Systems and Sexual Conflict 15
Complex Systems in Animal Behaviour 15
Advanced Topics in Evolution 15
Major Review Paper in Evolutionary Biology 15
Animal Cognition 15
Communication and Teaching in Science 15
Review Essay 15
PS4065 Vision: from Neurons to Awareness 15
Group Behaviour 15
Behavioural Neuroscience 15
Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
Sex Differences and Gender Development 15
Psychology of Music 15
Psychology of Art: Aesthetics and individual differences in visual function 15
Evolution and Development of Social and Technical Intelligence 15
Origins and Evolution of Mind Reading (Theory of Mind) 15
Neural Basis of Episodic Memory 15
Face Perception and Human Attraction 15
Computer-aided Research 15
The Psychology of Dementia 15
Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Psychopathology 15
Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
The Psychology of Terrorism 15
PS4101 Selves and Identities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Other 3000-level or 4000-level modules in Biology or Psychology & Neuroscience may be substituted with the approval of the Degree Controller.

PS3035 is compulsory unless taken in Year 3.
20 credits must be taken from PS3022 - PS3033, PS3037 - PS3038 unless the modules have been taken in Year 3.


Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).