Human Sciences and Evolution MSci

University College London

Master

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). In your first year you will follow a common syllabus, taking modules in human structure and function (anatomy, physiology, cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics), and human interactions (anthropology and psychology). Students may also choose between the modules Human Ecology, Revealing Science, and a module in a modern foreign language. In year two you will take the compulsory modules The Human Sciences in Society (in which you will work in a group to explore a topic of your group's choice within the social sciences) and Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing. In year three your compulsory module is the Human Sciences Seminar Project in which you will write a dissertation on a topic related to human evolution. You will choose your remaining modules in years two and three from the extensive range of options offered by Anthropology and Biosciences.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

You will benefit from being exposed to a variety of disciplinary approaches in the contributing departments and access to outstanding departmental resources. The programme offers a wide choice of individual module combinations from life sciences, social and historical sciences and physical sciences. This degree programme has strong pastoral and academic support. The Human Sciences Tutor and your Personal Tutor will be available for consultation on structuring your programme. A student committee organises academic and social events for Human Sciences students, such as a guest speaker series.

Graduates of the programme will be scientifically literate, numerate and able to communicate across a wide range of disciplines. Human Sciences graduates have entered a variety of careers: journalism, nutrition, science communication, management, accountancy, teaching and the finance industry. A number of graduates pursue further studies, including Master's degrees in various fields and qualifications in law and medicine.

English Language and Mathematics at grade B or 6. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required.

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Anatomy
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Biology
  • Computing
  • Human sciences
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Human Anatomy
  • Psychology for Biologists

Course programme


Year 1

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Introduction to Human Sciences
  • Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  • Introduction to Genetics
  • Introduction to Human Anatomy
  • Introduction to Psychology for Biologists
  • Mammalian Physiology
Optional modules

Either:

Human Ecology: Geographical Perspectives

Or:

Revealing Science

Or:

Modern Foreign Language
to the value of 0.5 credits.

Year 2

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing
  • The Human Sciences in Society
Optional modules

You will select 3.0 credits from a wide choice of optional modules in Anthropology and Biosciences. Examples include:

  • Animal Biodiversity
  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • Human Behavioural Ecology
  • Vertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution
Year 3

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Human Sciences Seminar Project
Optional modules

You will select 3.0 credits from a wide choice of optional modules in Anthropology and Biosciences. Examples include:

  • Human Genetics
  • Molecular Evolution
  • Sex, Genes and Evolution
  • Species, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Vertebrate Life and Evolution
Year 4

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Human Evolutionary Sciences Research Project
Optional modules

You will select 2.0 credits from a choice of optional modules. Examples include:

  • Advanced Human Evolution
  • Anthropological and Archaeological Genetics
  • Human Behavioural Ecology
  • Primate Behaviour and Ecology
Your learning

First-year core modules are taught through lectures, small-group tutorials, workshops, practicals and laboratory sessions. Your second-year core modules will also involve group work and debates. Optional modules will be taught in a variety of ways according to the nature of the module and the usual practice of the teaching department concerned.

Assessment

Assessments include essays, web-based examinations, written examinations, practical reports, briefing papers and debating performance. Third and fourth-year dissertations are assessed on the basis of the written reports, but you will also be required to make a short presentation of these in the second term.

Additional information

Overseas students fee

£24,040 (2018/19)

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