2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BSc Pharmacology
Programme code: | BS-PHAR | UCAS code: | B210 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Dan Donnelly | Contact address: | d.donnelly@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
A Level or Advanced Higher: AAA-AAB from 3 A2/Advanced Higher including Biology or Human Biology or Chemistry plus another science or science-related subject. General Studies and Critical Thinking excluded.
International Baccalaureate: 35-34 (with 18-16 at HL) including 6 in HL Biology or Chemistry and another science or science-related subject at HL.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Faculty of Biological Sciences Undergraduate School
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Faculty of Biological Sciences Undergraduate School: Biomedical Sciences
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Biosciences Benchmark
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- provide an environment in which students are guided to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes which will equip them to play a leading role in pharmacology or related sciences;
- engender a range of intellectual and personal transferable skills which will be of value in a variety of careers;
- prepare students for further-study either in the workplace or in higher education;
- provide a broad coverage of the principal areas of the subject, as defined by the British Pharmacological Society, and channel the benefits of the School's research expertise into provision of advanced instruction in specialised areas of current scientific prominence;
- require students to undertake projects either in small teams or individually in years two and three;
- provide opportunities for students to undertake an industrial placement and study abroad;
- develop new areas of teaching in response to students' needs and to the advancement of scholarship;
- manage student progress effectively and provide support and guidance where appropriate; and
- encourage staff-student rapport in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will be required to study 120 credits
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
BMSC1103 | Basic Laboratory and Scientific Skills | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC1110 | Foundations of Biomedical Sciences | 40 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC1210 | Biology of the Mind | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC1212 | Introduction to Pharmacology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC1213 | Basic Laboratory and Scientific Skills 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC1214 | Human Endocrinology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
BIOL1223 | Career and Professional Development for Life Scientists | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BIOL1225 | How can Biological Sciences change the world | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC1215 | Life in the Extreme: Ultra Human Physiology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MICR1201 | Introduction to Microbiology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 10 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will be required to study 120 credits
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
BMSC2117 | Cardio-respiratory Physiology and Pharmacology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC2119 | Experimental Skills | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC2120 | Scientific Skills | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC2223 | Neuropharmacology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2224 | Principles of Drug Discovery | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2226 | Experimental Skills in Pharmacology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2230 | Topics in Pharmacology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students must take either BMSC2118 or BMSC2121 and BMSC2123.
BMSC2118 | Neurobiology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC2121 | Cognitive Neuroscience: The process underlying cognition | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC2123 | Sensory and Motor Neuroscience | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students will normally be required to take a minimum of 10 credits from the following
BMSC2210 | Chemotherapy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2214 | Introduction to Toxicology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2225 | Physiology of Absorption and Excretion | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC2235 | Molecular Neuroscience | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
If 10 credits are still required, students may take a Discovery module OR one of the following
BIOL2223 | Employment, Career planning and Professional Development for Life Scientists | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FOBS2240 | Skills in Communicating Research beyond the University | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 10 credits of discovery modules as agreed by the Programme Leader.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will be required to study 120 credits
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
BMSC3140 | Advanced Scientific Skills | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC3233 | Advanced Topics in Pharmacology II | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
BMSC3301 | Research Project in Biomedical Sciences | 40 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from one of the following optional modules:
BMSC3126 | Integrative Biomedical Sciences | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC3143 | Advanced Topics in Pharmacology I | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits following modules:
BMSC3101 | Inherited Disorders | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC3138 | Cellular Cardiology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC3139 | Systems Neurophysiology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
BMSC3149 | Drug Development: Pre-Clinical to Practice | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Last updated: 15/06/2017
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