Pharmacology BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Dundee
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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
Pharmacology is a biomedical science that studies how and where drugs produce their effects, from the whole organism down to its individual cells. Most drugs interact with particular molecular components (e.g. specific proteins) within cells. Pharmacology also considers
the body's handling of drugs
how drugs are administered and absorbed
how they distribute within the body
and how they are eventually inactivated and/or excreted, often after being modified in chemical structure by the action of enzymes found in the body.
The term 'drug' encompasses not only the familiar idea of chemicals as medicines or as legal or illegal ‘pleasure promoting’ agents (e.g. alcohol, cannabis) but also includes poisons such as environmental or industrial pollutants, toxins from snakes and other creatures, and agents (e.g. ‘nerve gases’) of potential use in chemical warfare. The study of pharmacology therefore has important links with a variety of factors affecting health and wellbeing in the modern world.
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Pharmacology graduates are employed in many areas of medical and veterinary research in universities, industry and government-financed institutions.
In addition, pharmacologists have not only played a pivotal role in the UK pharmaceutical industry with an excellent record of drug discovery and development, but their skills are also welcome in other fields such as clinical trials, drug regulation and pharmaceutical marketing.
Furthermore, a degree in Pharmacology can be used to apply for graduate entry to study medicine or dentistry. However, it does not provide the qualification to be a pharmacist in the UK, for which a degree in Pharmacy would be required.
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
- Biology
- Biomedical
- Neurodegenerative
- Anaesthetic Pharmacology
- Neuroanatomy
- Analgesic
- Synaptic
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Cancer Biology
- Embryonic development
- Immunology
Course programme
The modules are running during the 2016-2017 academic year. We refresh our modules every year to keep our courses up to date, so your modules may be different.
Levels 1 and 2All Life Sciences degree programmes share common core modules at Level 1 that provide a general introduction to the life sciences through an integrated programme of lectures, tutorials, practical work and field excursions.
Level 1 - core modules- 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.
Pharmacology levels 3 and 4Level 3 - core modules
- BS31013 - Biomembranes
- BS31016 - Practical Techniques in Biomedical Sciences
- BS31019 - Regulatory Physiology & Pharmacology
- BS32021 - Quantitative Pharmacology
- BS32028 - Molecular Pharmacology
- 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
- BS32022 - Human Morphogenesis and embryonic development
- BS32024 - Neuropsychopharmacology
- BS32026 - Sensory & Motorneuroscience
- BS32029 - Cell Proliferation and Survival Mechanisms Underlying Disease
- BS32030 - Data and Statistical Analysis
- BS41004/07 - Research Project
- BS41005/06 - Research Skills
- BS42019: Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- BS42027: Cancer Pharmacology and Treatment
- BS32006 - Cell Signalling
- BS32009 - Immunology
- BS32022 - Human Morphogenesis and embryonic development
- BS42007: Cancer Biology
- BS42017: Psychiatric Disorders
- BS42018: Synaptic Plasticity and Cognition
- BS42021: Heart and Circulation
- BS42023: Applied Neuroanatomy & Neurodegenerative Disorders
- BS42025: Analgesic and Anaesthetic Pharmacology
Additional information
Pharmacology BSc (Hons)
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Total CPD Ltd
Short course Distance Learning£ 65 + VAT -
Unicare
Course Online£ 20 -
BVS Training Ltd
Course Distance Learning£ 150 + VAT -
Kaplan University
Bachelor's degree Distance LearningPrice on request -
Unicare
Course Online£ 15 -
Canterbury College
Bachelor's degree OnlinePrice on request -
StudyPlex
Short course Online£ 10
See all