Neuroscience BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Dundee
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Dundee (Scotland)
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
September
Neuroscience is the study of the functioning of the nervous system, both in health and disease, and is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of modern biomedical research.
The topic ranges from understanding the molecular, biochemical and cellular events that underpin communication between nerve cells, through to the execution of complex behaviours such as playing a piano. Higher cognitive functions, such as learning, memory and emotions ultimately depend upon cellular and neuronal networks that neuroscience endeavours to reveal and explain. The discipline grows in importance to society as the aged proportion of the population increases, bringing new challenges in the treatment and management of neurological disorders.
Discovering how drugs influence our mood and behaviour is also essential in developing new treatments for conditions such as anxiety and depression and in the better management of drug addiction.
Modern neuroscience is not an isolated discipline. It integrates the inputs of, for example, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, psychology and psychiatry to address the normal and abnormal functioning of the nervous system.
Our course emphasises such inputs, and offers a balance between molecular and cellular aspects of the subject and systems and clinical neuroscience.
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You will gain an understanding of how the brain functions in both health and disease. Neuroscience grows in importance to society as more people live longer.
Graduates in Neuroscience pursue a variety of careers that utilise their specialist knowledge, or more generally draw upon the analytical and organisational skills developed in their training.
Furthermore, a degree in Neuroscience, in common with many other Life Science degrees, can provide a qualification for graduate entry to Medicine or Dentistry.
Specific career paths for Neuroscience graduates include: academic research in universities, institutes and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Opportunities also exist in medical/scientific information, the media, and publishing.
AABB at Higher including biology and chemistry, plus mathematics (Standard Grade at 3 or National 5/Intermediate2 at C)
ABB (minimum) - AAB (typical) including A-Level biology and chemistry, plus GCSE mathematics at C / 4
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Subjects
- Pharmacology
- Biomedical
- Neuroscience
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Systems
- Life Sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Maths
- Physics & Chemistry
Course programme
- BS11001 - Introduction to the Life Sciences: the early years
- BS11002 - Introduction to the Life Sciences: why go multicellular?
- BS11003 - Laboratory and Research Skills 1A
- BS11004 - Laboratory and Research Skills 1B
- BS11005 - Introduction to Maths, Physics & Chemistry
- BS12001 - Life: building the organism
- BS12002 - Life: the underlying structures
- BS12003 - Laboratory and Research Skills 1C
- BS12004 - Laboratory and Research Skills 1D
- BS12005 - Science in Society (optional)
- BS12008 - Introduction to Scientific Enterprise (optional)
- BS11006 - The Poison Pen (optional)
- BS21001 - The Evolution of Modern Life
- BS21002 - The Gene and the Cell
- BS21003 - Laboratory and Research Skills 2A
- BS21004 - Laboratory and Research Skills 2B
- BS22001 – Biomedical Sciences (20 credits)
- BS22002 – Biological Sciences
- BS22003 – Laboratory and Research Skills 2C
- BS21008 - Bioinorganic, Biophysical and Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences Workshops
- BS21009 - Data analysis for the Life Sciences
- BS21010 - Introductory Programming for Life Sciences
- BS21011 - Developing Scientific Enterprise
At Levels 3 and 4 you will study a combination of modules appropriate to your chosen degree subject within the biomedical sciences theme.
- neuroscience
- pharmacology
- physiological sciences
If you are reading for a single Honours degree in one of these subjects you will take modules in your main subject combined with modules in other subjects in this group, or combined with appropriate modules in a biological sciences subject.
Neuroscience levels 3 and 4Level 3 - core modules
- BS31013 - Biomembranes
- BS31016 - Practical Techniques in Biomedical Sciences
- BS31019 - Regulatory Physiology & Pharmacology
- BS32024 - Neuropsychopharmacology
- BS32026 - Sensory & Motorneuroscience
- BS31004 - Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- BS31006 - Gene Regulation & Expression
- BS31020 - Experimental Cell Culture
- BS32005 - Cell & Developmental Biology
- BS32006 - Cell Signalling
- BS32009 - Immunology
- BS32020 - Human Epithelial Biology
- BS32021 - Quantitative Pharmacology
- BS32022 - Human Morphogenesis and embryonic development
- BS32028 - Molecular Pharmacology
- BS32029 - Cell Proliferation and Survival Mechanisms Underlying Disease
- BS32030 - Data and Statistical Analysis
- BS41004/07 - Research Project
- BS41005/06 - Research Skills
- BS42023: Applied Neuroanatomy & Neurodegenerative Disorders
- BS42024: Sensory Systems
- BS32006 - Cell Signalling
- BS32009 - Immunology
- BS32022 - Human Morphogenesis and embryonic development
- BS42017: Psychiatric Disorders
- BS42018: Synaptic Plasticity and Cognition
- BS42025: Analgesic and Anaesthetic Pharmacology
- BS42027: Cancer Pharmacology and Treatment
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Neuroscience BSc (Hons)