Neuroscience BSc (Hons)

• Academic Skills in Life Sciences
• Introduction to Neuroscience
• Molecular Biology

• Cell Biology
• Neuroscience and Behaviour
• Research Methods for Neuroscience

• How Bodies Work

• Biological Chemistry
• Introduction to Metabolism and Pharmacology

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Year 2 at sussex

• Genetics and Genomics
• Principles of Neuroscience

• Developmental Biology
• Neural Circuits
• Techniques in Neuroscience

• Cell Regulation and Cancer
• Structural Basis of Biological Function

• Comparative Animal Physiology and Morphology
• Computing for Life Sciences

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Study abroad or Placement

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

Spending a year or term with a company is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you'll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.

Recent Life Sciences students have gone on placements:

• AkzoNobel
• Pfizer
• the NHS.

• Biological Bases of Mental Disorders
• Cell Signalling and its Applications in Therapeutics and Disease
• Intelligence in Animals and Machines
• Life Sciences Year 3 Research Project (Experimental)
• Life Sciences Year 3 Research Project (Literature)
• Molecular Genetics
• Neuronal Transduction and Transmission
• Regulating the Transcriptome
• Social Insects

• Conflict & Cooperation in Social Groups
• Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes
• Drugs, Brain and Behaviour
• Genome Stability, Genetic Diseases and Cancer
• Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Innovation in Bioscience and Medicine
• Molecular Pharmacology
• Neuronal Plasticity and Gene Regulation
• Post Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
• Protein Form and Function
• Psychobiology of Cognitive Ageing and Dementia
• Sensory Function and Computation
• Structure and Function in the Brain