BSc Neuroscience intercalated degree

With an intercalated degree, you can take an additional BSc, BA or master’s level qualification during one extra year of study alongside your medical, dental or veterinary degree. We welcome all intercalating UK and international medical, dental and veterinary students onto our BSc Neuroscience intercalated degree.

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BSc Neuroscience course structure

Intercalation course structure for BSc Neuroscience

Units (totalling 120 credit points)

Components

Concepts and Skills (mandatory)

Teaching Block 1

20 credit points

Experimental Design and Statistics exam (60%)

Experimental Design conference abstract (20%)

Experimental Design conference presentation (20%)

Research project (mandatory)

Teaching Blocks 1 and 2

40 credit points

Dissertation (80%)

Oral presentation (10%)

Supervisor's assessment (10%)

There are several types of research projects available, including experimental, non-experimental (literature based), data analysis, and teaching. You will be able to express a preference for individual projects, but we cannot guarantee that you will be allocated to a particular project or project type.

Optional units

In total you can choose 3 optional units, comprising:

  • 1 from Teaching Block 1,
  • 1 from Teaching Block 2 (A), and
  • 1 from Teaching Block 2 (B). 

All optional units are worth 20 credit points each.

Teaching Block 1 optional units are assessed by an essay exam (50%).

Teaching Block 2 optional units are assessed by a timed assessment essay (30%) and a data interpretation / experimental design exam (70%).

Units are in List A (preferred Neuroscience units) and List B (Physiology or Pharmacology units). You can choose:

  • three List A units, or
  • two List A units and one List B unit.

You are able to express a preference for which optional units you would like to study, but we cannot guarantee that you will be able to take a particular optional unit if it is oversubscribed.

Teaching Block 1

List A

Neuronal and Glial Signalling

List A

The Rhythms of Life

List B

Molecular Pharmacology

List B

The Heart in Health and Disease

Teaching Block 2 (A)

List A

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

List B

Exercise Physiology in Health and Disease

List B

Drugs in the Nervous System

Teaching Block 2 (B)

List A

Neural Basis of Behaviour

List A

Neuroscience of Pain

List B

Receptor Signalling and Non-drug Therapies

List B

New Horizons in Medicine