What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type II: Specialised or Advanced Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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Pharmacology of the Nervous System | PHPH20011 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Pharmacology of Body Systems | PHPH20012 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Biomedical Research, Employability and Enterprise Skills | MVSF20001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Techniques in Pharmacology | PHPH20015 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Select 40 credit points from list below: | ||||
Techniques in Neuroscience | PHPH20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Integrative Physiology | PHPH20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Neurophysiology | PHPH20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cellular Physiology | PHPH20013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology | PSYC10012 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Cognitive and Biological Psychology | PSYC10013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The following options may also be available subject to timetabling constraints | ||||
Gene expression and rearrangement | MOLG22200 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Normal and Tumour Cells | PANM12051 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Disease and Defence | PANM10002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Infection and Immunity | PANM22041 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cellular and Molecular Pathology | PANM22042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Macromolecular Structure, Dynamics and Function | BIOC20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Molecular Cell Biology | BIOC20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Physiology 1B | PHPH10018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Recombinant DNA Technology | MOLG22100 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Big Ideas in Science | CHEM10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Human Anatomy: Abdomen, Pelvis and Limbs | ANAT20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Human Anatomy: Thorax, Head and Neck | ANAT20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language | LANG10120 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 |
Any Other Level 1 UWLP (University-Wide Language Programme) unit - 20 credit points. Please see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/study/uwlp/ for more details. | OPEN | 20 | Optional | |
Students are required to achieve an overall year average mark of 60 in Year 2 in order to continue on the MSci. Students who do not achieve this will transfer to BSc Pharmacology at the end of Year 2. | ||||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).