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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Neuroscience


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: First year
Code Module name Credits
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20 AND
Fundamentals of 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
^ Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30 AND
^ Advanced Principles of 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 and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better 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 50 credits from Module List: PN3312 - PN3313, PN3322 AND
Neuropharmacology 20
Neuroscience 20
From data to insight in the behavioural and neural sciences 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
( Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists 10 OR
Research Design and Analysis 1 15 ) AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3038 AND
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative 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 20 credits from Module List: BL3303, BL3319 AND
Membranes and Cell Communication 20
Animal Behaviour: A Quantitative Approach 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 20 credits from PS3000 modules and BL3000 modules AND
Research Design and Analysis 1 15
Research Design and Analysis 2 15
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Theoretical Perspectives in Psychology 30
Field Course 10
Protein Structure and Function 20
Gene Regulation 20
Membranes and Cell Communication 20
Evolution 20
Methods in Aquatic Biology 20
Ecosystems and Conservation 20
Infection and Disease 20
Genes, Cells and Development 20
Co-evolution: living together 20
Biology of Marine Organisms 20
Animal Behaviour: A Quantitative Approach 20
Statistical and Quantitative Skills for Biologists 10
BL3321 Advanced Critical Analysis Reading Party 10
Basic Biochemistry Laboratory 10
Terrestrial Zoology 20
Advanced Biochemistry 20
BL3901 Current Topics in Biology 15
BL3902 Biology Literature Review 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 or125 credits in academic year


BSc (Hons) Neuroscience: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( Neuroscience Research Project 60 OR
Review Essay 15 ) AND
View list At least 15 credits from Module List: PN4230 - PN4290 AND
Maladaptive Changes in the Nervous System 15
Neuromodulation 15
Neuroethology 15
Synaptic Transmission in Health and Disease 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
View list Between 0 and 90 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
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
Scientific Diving 15
Tropical Marine Biology 15
Fisheries Research 15
BL4255 Marine and Environmental Biotechnology 15
BL4256 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
Computational Genomics 15
Evolutionary Developmental Biology 15
BL4275 Evolution in Action 15
Biology of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Vertebrates 15
The CRISPR system for Antiviral Defence and Genome Engineering 15
Animal Communication and Cognition 15
Biology and Behaviour of Social Insects 15
Complex Systems in Animal Behaviour 15
Advanced Topics in Evolution 15
Major Review Paper in Evolutionary Biology 15
Animal Cognition 15
ID4001 Communication and Teaching in Science 15
Review Essay 15
Vision in a complex world 15
Collective Behaviour 15
Behavioural Neuroscience 15
Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
Psychology of Music 15
Psychology of Visual Art 15
Evolution and Development of Social and Technical Intelligence 15
Theory of Mind in development, evolution and autism 15
Neural Basis of Episodic Memory 15
PS4091 Computer-aided Research 15
The Psychology of Dementia 15
Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
PS4097 Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
PS4101 Selves and Identities 15
PS4103 The subjective experience of cognition 15
Aggressive Behaviour 15
Clinical Neuropsychology 15
Data Science for Psychology & Neuroscience 15
Evolution of Human Behaviour and Culture 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


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 ).