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Course Details

Course Name

Neuroscience BSc

Level of study

Undergraduate

Study Mode

Fulltime

Duration

3 Years

Start Term

Sept

Country

United Kingdom

City

Cardiff

Course Subject

  • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health

Course Fees

Inside EU:  9000

Outside EU:  19950

Universities

Cardiff University

Description


Neuroscience is the study of nervous systems, their component nerve cells and the functioning of the brain. The human brain contains one hundred thousand million such cells and how it works remains one of the most alluring of all questions on the frontiers of understanding. Can the brain understand the brain? Can the brain understand the mind? Is the brain a giant computer or something more?

This degree will explore the ways in hich we can attempt to answer these questions, using approaches that range from the biochemistry and biophysics of the nerve cell to a psychologist’s investigation of the machinery of the mind. The recent growth of this subject is due to the important contribution neroscience is making to the understanding and treatment of mental and other neurological disorders.

Although you may join the School on the BSc Neuroscience programme, your degree title remains flexible up until Year 3.  You can choose to stick with your original degree registration, or switch to another of our bioscience courses.  You can also choose to graduate with one of our 'exit' degrees, which include BSc Biomedical Sciences (Physiology) and BSc Biological Sciences (Genetics).

Your final degree titlw will depend on module selection in years two and three, and your Personal Tutor will guide you through the options avaiable to you.  You may also have the option of switching to the four year MNeuro integrated Master's degree (subject to academic progress and space availability).

This course will enable you to increase your scientific understanding, as well as developing both your academic skills (critical appraisal, evaluation and analysis of data) and practical, presentation and written skills.  Ultimately, we aim to produce graduates who are employable, well-informed, versatile and enthusiastic ambassadors for science.

The knowledge and skills that you develop during your Neuroscience degree will make you employable in a broad range of scientific careers including research, healthcare, publishing and teaching. The skills acquired on the course are also an excellent grounding for many other career paths outside of science. Alternatively you may wish to further your studies by pursuing a Master's degree or PhD.

Distinctive features

Our degrees are closely linked to the research interests of our staff, allowing you to experience the excitement of learning in an active research environment. We attract substantial external research funding and this will enable you to make use of the latest equipment, techniques and facilities in your project work. The School also leads the University's Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute, allowing access to a wide range of exciting training opportunities.

This programme offers a high degree of flexibility, giving you the freedom to sgape your academic experience.  You can choose to specialise in a particular area or to maintain a wide breadth of learning and explore the interdisciplinary research that underpins much of the School's success.

“One of the benefits of being a student at Cardiff School of Biosciences is having  access to very high-quality, research-driven teaching. All of the lecturers that we have here are researchers right at the edge of their fields, working on really frontier stuff. It’s really interesting and really captures your imagination.” Robert Maddison – Undergraduate student

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