Programme structure: Biomedical Sciences (BSc) for 2019/20 entry cohort

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Biomedical Sciences Research Skills	MVSF30001	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Students normally choose 80 credit points of the following optional units in a single pathway:
CELLS AND MOLECULES PATHWAY
Biochemistry units
Advanced Cell Biology	BIOC30601	20	Optional	TB-1
Cellular Information	BIOC30602	20	Optional	TB-2
Cellular and Molecular Medicine units
Advanced Immunology	PANM33001	20	Optional	TB-4
Immunopathology and Applied Immunology	PANM33002	20	Optional	TB-4
Developmental Genetics and Embryonal Cancers	PANM33003	20	Optional	TB-4
Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutics	PANM33004	20	Optional	TB-4
Regenerative Medicine	PANM33005	20	Optional	TB-4
Medical Microbiology	PANM33008	20	Optional	TB-4
Medical Virology	PANM33009	20	Optional	TB-4
Frontiers in Infectious Diseases	PANM30001	20	Optional	TB-4
Clinical Pathology in Action	PANM30002	20	Optional	TB-4
Haemopoietic Stem Cell Therapies	PANM30003	20	Optional	TB-4
SYSTEMS PATHWAY
Physiology units
The Heart in Health & Disease	PHPH30019	20	Optional	TB-4
Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease	PHPH30020	20	Optional	TB-4
Pharmacology units
Pharmacology of ion channels and synaptic transmission	PHPH30002	20	Optional	TB-4
Receptor signalling and non-drug therapies	PHPH30003	20	Optional	TB-4
Pharmacology of the Nervous System	PHPH30004	20	Optional	TB-4
Concepts and Skills (pharmacology)	PHPH30005	20	Optional	TB-4
Neuroscience units
Concepts and Skills	PHPH30007	20	Optional	TB-4
Brain and Behaviour	PHPH30016	20	Optional	TB-4
New Horizons in Medicine	PHPH30021	20	Optional	TB-4
Synaptic plasticity	PHPH30010	20	Optional	TB-4
Neurological and Psychiatric disorders	PHPH30013	20	Optional	TB-4
Neuroscience of Pain	PHPH30017	20	Optional	TB-4
Synaptic Cell Biology	PHPH30022	20	Optional	TB-4
MOLECULES AND SYSTEMS PATHWAY
Biochemistry units
Advanced Cell Biology	BIOC30601	20	Optional	TB-1
Pharmacology units
Pharmacology of ion channels and synaptic transmission	PHPH30002	20	Optional	TB-4
Receptor signalling and non-drug therapies	PHPH30003	20	Optional	TB-4
Pharmacology of the Nervous System	PHPH30004	20	Optional	TB-4
Concepts and Skills (pharmacology)	PHPH30005	20	Optional	TB-4
Neuroscience units
Concepts and Skills	PHPH30007	20	Optional	TB-4
Brain and Behaviour	PHPH30016	20	Optional	TB-4
New Horizons in Medicine	PHPH30021	20	Optional	TB-4
Synaptic plasticity	PHPH30010	20	Optional	TB-4
Neuroscience of Pain	PHPH30017	20	Optional	TB-4
Synaptic Cell Biology	PHPH30022	20	Optional	TB-4
Neurological and Psychiatric disorders	PHPH30013	20	Optional	TB-4
Biomedical Sciences (BSc)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.