Year 2 of the Biomedical Sciences BSc
and other specialized Degree programmes
Before beginning your second year at UCL, you need to decide whether you wish to stay enrolled in
the Biomedical Science Degree programme (B990) or whether you wish to transfer to another
specialized Degree in the Faculty of Life Sciences. Information on both these choices is given in the
next sections as well as information about Year 3 in Biomedical Sciences.
Transferring from Biomedical Sciences to a specialized Degree
Named Degrees are designed by Programme Steering Committees to give the best teaching we can
provide geared to these specialized areas. These Degrees have smaller numbers of students and may,
therefore, give students more of a sense of belonging.
Degree Programme
Tutor
Biology (C100)
Prof. Roger Wotton (r.wotton@ucl.ac.uk)
Biology of Fertility & Embryo Development (C140)
Dr. David Whitmore (d.whitmore@ucl.ac.uk)
Genetics (C400)
Prof. Jim Mallet (j.mallet@ucl.ac.uk)
Human Genetics (C420)
Dr. Mark Thomas (m.thomas@ucl.ac.uk)
Immunology
Dr. Jurgen Roes (mj.roes@ucl.ac.uk)
Molecular Biology (C720)
Dr Rob Drew (r.drew@ucl.ac.uk)
Neuroscience (B140)
Dr. Paola Pedarzani (p.pedarzani@ucl.ac.uk)
Pharmacology (B210)
Dr. Talvinder Sihra (t.sihra@ucl.ac.uk)
Physiology (B120)
Dr. Richard Tunwell (r.tunwell@ucl.ac.uk)
Physiology/Pharmacology (BB12)
To be announced. In the interim, talk to
Dr. Talvinder Sihra (t.sihra@ucl.ac.uk) or
Dr. Richard Tunwell (r.tunwell@ucl.ac.uk)
Information regarding these specialized Degrees can be obtained from:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/degree-programmes. If you are reading this document on
line, simply follow the links provided (PC: in Word, [Control] + click. MAC: double click)
You should contact the relevant Degree programme tutor directly if you have specific questions, or
you can email Matthew Duckett, m.duckett@ucl.ac.uk, who can arrange for you to be interviewed by
the appropriate tutor.
Transfer into one of these Degrees may also be possible in Year 3 provided that you have taken
the necessary CORE course units in Year 2. The Table on the following page lists these CORE
modules.
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Table of CORE units to be taken in Year 2 for each of the specialized Degree programmes
A total of 4.0 course units (cu) must be taken each academic year. At least 3½ course units must be courses with the prefix ANAT, BIOL, BIOC, IMMN, PHAR or
PHOL (or STAT6101 or PSYC6002). Students may wish to use the last ½ cu for, for example, a Modern Language, Computer Studies or History of Medicine.
Immunology
Genetics & Human
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology
(Biology of Cells
pathway)
Biology of Fertility
and Embryo
Development
Pharmacology
Physiology/
Pharmacology
Physiology
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
BIOL2006
Introduction To
Human Genetics
½ cu
PHAR2002
General &
Systematic
Pharmacology
1.0cu
PHAR2002
General &
Systematic
Pharmacology
1.0cu
PHOL2002
Animal And Human
Physiology
1.0cu
IMMN2001
Immunology
½ cu
BIOL2005
Genetic Systems
½ cu
BIOC2004
Biochemistry
½ cu
ANAT2010
Human
Neuroanatomy
½ cu
BIOL2014
Cell Biology
½ cu
BIOC2001
Molecular Biology
1.0cu
PHAR2003
Experimental
Pharmacology
1.0cu
PHAR2003
Experimental
Pharmacology
1.0cu
STAT6101
Statistics
½ cu
IMMN2002
Medical
Microbiology
½ cu
BIOL2006
Introduction to
Human Genetics
½ cu
BIOC2006
Cellular Coordination &
specialisation
½ cu
PHOL2006
Cellular
Neurophysiology
½ cu
BIOL2010
Biology of
Development
½ cu
BIOL2010
The Biology Of
Development
½ cu
PHOL2005
Structure & Function
of the Nervous
System
½ cu
STAT6101
Statistics
½ cu
BIOL2007
Evolutionary
Genetics
½ cu
BIOC2009
Molecular Cell
Biology
½ cu
PHOL2005
Structure & Function
of the Nervous
System
½ cu
BIOL2005
Genetic Systems
½ cu
ANAT2099
Ethics of
Biomedical
Research
½ cu
IMMN2001
Immunology
½ cu
IMMN2001
Immunology
½ cu
PHAR2002
General &
Systematic
Pharmacology 1.0cu
OR
PHAR2005
Introductory
Pharmacology ½ cu
ANAT2050
Human Anatomy
and Embryology
1.0cu
BIOC2003
Further Topics In
Biochemistry
½ cu
PHOL2003
Systems
Neuroscience &
Research
AND/OR
ANAT2008
Developmental
Neurobiology
AND/OR
PHOL2007
Principles of Cellular
Control
2
OR
PHAR2006
Practical
Pharmacology
½ cu
PLUS
PHOL2002
Animal And Human
Physiology
1.0cu
PHOL2005
Structure & Function
of the Nervous
System
½ cu
OR
BIOC2002
General
Biochemistry
1.0cu
BIOC2003
Further Topics in
Biochemistry
½ cu
OR
BIOC2002
General
Biochemistry
1.0cu
BIOC2002
Biochemistry
1.0cu
PHOL2005
Structure &
Function of the
Nervous System
½ cu
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BSc Degree programme
This information can be obtained from
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/degree-programmes/biomedical-sciences/year_2_2009-10
Tutors
Programme Tutor and First Year Tutor:
Dr Pamela Houston, p.houston@ucl.ac.uk, 020 7679 0745
Biomedical Sciences BSc Offices, Room B54, Rockefeller Building (follow the signs from the lobby)
Second Year Tutor:
Prof. Anne Mudge, a.mudge@ucl.ac.uk, 020 7679 7271, MRC/LMCB Building (ask at reception)
Third Year Tutor:
Dr Richard Tunwell, r.tunwell@ucl.ac.uk, 020 7679 0750
Biomedical Sciences BSc Offices, Room B54, Rockefeller Building (follow the signs from the lobby)
Degree course units
Degree Classification
You must have completed 12 course units (cu) and passed at least 11 in order to qualify for an
Honours degree. Your final Degree classification will be based on your results from all 3 years in the
ratio 1:3:5. The average will be based on the best marks for 3 cu in Year 1, 3.5 cu in Year 2 and all 4
cu in Year 3.
Compulsory module in Year 2
All students must take STAT6101 (see Options below).
Year 2 Course Units
A full list of available modules for Year 2 Biomedical Sciences is given next on pages 5-6.
For information regarding the individual modules, please follow the link on the course code and read
the course description carefully to ensure that it is as you expect, as titles can be misleading. Please
contact the course organisers if you require further information.
OPTIONS:
We have designed 4 course Options that Biomedical Sciences should choose between based on
their interests and future plans: these Options are listed on pages 9-12.
Note that students may not take more than 4 cu in any year. If after starting a module you decide that it
is not suitable, then you should seek advice from a tutor and arrange to change modules asap. You
may not change after a module is completed, as this would make your total more than 4 cu.
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COMMON TIMETABLE for 2009-10
Terms and Blocks
TERMS: All Students are required to be in attendance throughout term, except by agreement with
the Year Tutor: in case of illness or emergency, the Year Tutor must be notified as soon as possible.
First Term
Second Term
Third Term
Monday 28 September 2009 - Friday 18 December 2009
Monday 11 January 2010 - Friday 26 March 2010
Monday 26 April 2010 - Friday 11 June 2010
Standard teaching dates for 2009-10 are:
5 October – 6 November,
11 January – 12 February
Term 1:
Term 2:
16 November –18 December (2009)
22 February – 26 March (2010)
Induction Week Term 1, starting 28th September, will not normally include standard teaching, but may
include special project work or Introductory sessions, etc.
Reading week Term 1, starting 9th November, will not normally include standard teaching but may be used
for special project work, extended Practicals, etc.
Reading week Term 2, starting 15th February, will not normally include standard teaching but may be used
for special project work, extended Practicals, etc.
BLOCKS: Modules in the Faculty of Life Sciences in 2009-10 will run according to the new
Common Timetable. Each module is assigned to one or both Terms and one or more timetable Blocks:
Block A
Mon 9 – 11 & Thur
11 – 1
Block F
Mon 2 - 6
Block B
Tues 9 – 11 & Fri
11 - 1
Block G
Tues
2-6
Block C
Wed 9 – 11 & Mon 11 - 1
Block H
Thur
2-6
Block D
Thurs 9 – 11 & Tues
Block I
Fri
2–6
Block E
Fri
11 - 1
9 – 11 & Wed 11 - 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 - 11
Block A
Block B
Block C
Block D
Block E
11 - 1
Block C
Block D
Block E
Block A
Block B
1 PM
Lunch break no teaching
Lunch break no teaching
No teaching Wednesday Lunch break afternoon
no teaching
Lunch break - no
teaching
2-6
Block F
Block G
No teaching Wednesday Block H
afternoon
Block I
The Common Timetable is designed for most modules to run without clashes and to therefore increase
the possible choice of modules. Each module will stay within the limits of the assigned Block(s) but
will not necessarily use all the available 4 hours: thus more than one module in the same Block may
sometimes be taken (see page 6 for Notes on shared Blocks).
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LIST OF AVAILABLE MODULES FOR YEAR 2
Biomedical Science BSc students
Timetabling: Modules in the same block (and term) may not be taken together unless they
are in shared blocks (see list on next page).
Statistics module required for all students: Note P = practical
Module
code
Value Term (T) Blocks
STAT6101
½ cu
T1
T2
ANAT2008
ANAT2010
½ cu
½ cu
T2
T2
ANAT2050
1cu
ANAT2051
ANAT2052
½ cu
½ cu
C&F
A&I
T1 D & H
T2 B & H
T1
B&H
T2
B&H
ANAT2099
½ cu
T1, 2
F
BIOC2001
BIOC2002
1cu
1cu
T1
T1, 2
A, G & F
A
BIOC2003
½ cu
T1
A
BIOL2004
BIOL2014
BIOL2010
BIOL2006
BIOL2007
BIOL2005
½ cu
½ cu
½ cu
½ cu
½ cu
½ cu
P
IMMN2001
½ cu
IMMN2002
PHAR2002
PHAR2003
PHAR2005
PHAR2006
½ cu
1cu
1cu
½ cu
½ cu
T1
A&G
T2
D
T2
E&G
T1
D
T2
A
T2
B
T2
E&
reading week
T1
C
T1, 2
D
T1, 2
G
T1, 2
D
T1, 2
G
PHOL2001
½ cu
T1
B&H
P
PHOL2002
1cu
T1, 2
B&H
P
PHOL2003
½ cu
T2
B&H
PHOL2005
½ cu
T1
C&I
P
½ cu
T2
E&I
P
Cellular Neurophysiology
P
Principles of Cellular Control
PHOL2006
PHOL2007
½ cu
PSYC6002
½ cu
P
E
B
T2
C
& reading week
T2
G&I
Title
Intro Statistical Methods and Computing
P
P
Developmental Neurobiology
Human Neuroanatomy
P
Human Anatomy and Embryology
P
P
(first half of ANAT2050)
(second half of ANAT2050)
Ethics of Biomedical Research
Course name and content is new in 2009-2010
P
Molecular Biology
General Biochemistry
Further Topics in Biochemistry
(first half of BIOC2002)
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Biology of Development
Introduction to Human Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics
Genetic Systems
Immunology
P
P
P
Medical Microbiology
General and Systematic Pharmacology
Experimental Pharmacology
Introductory Pharmacology
Practical Pharmacology
Physiology: Maintenance and Regulation
(first half of PHOL2002)
Animal and Human Physiology
Physiology - Systems Neuroscience And
Research (second half of PHOL2002)
Structure and Function of Nervous
Systems
Introduction to Psychology for Biologists
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Shared Blocks – these modules share the same Block but may be
taken together
ANAT2008 may be taken with ANAT2099 or with PHAR2002/5 but not with both
ANAT2050 may be taken with PHAR2002/5, PHOL2002, PHOL2001 or PHOL2003
ANAT2051 may be taken with PHOL2001 or PHOL2002
ANAT2052 may be taken with PHOL2002 or PHOL2003
ANAT2099 may be taken with ANAT2008
BIOL2010 may be taken with IMMN2001 or PHOL2006 but not with both
IMMN2001 may be taken with BIOL2010 but not with PHOL2006
PHAR2002/5 may be taken with ANAT2008 or ANAT2050
PHOL2001 may be taken with ANAT2050 or ANAT2051
PHOL2002 may be taken with ANAT2050, ANAT2051 or ANAT2052
PHOL2003 may be taken with ANAT2050 or ANAT2052
PHOL2006 may be taken with BIOL2010 but not with IMMN2001
½ cu may be selected courses from outside the Faculty of Life Sciences.
(Note: If ANAT2099 is taken, all remaining courses must be from within the Faculty of Life Sciences)
You must check the timetabling of these units. Possibilities include:
A Modern Language
HPSC3013
HPSC1004
HPSC2001
HMED3003
HMED3001
MAST6001
HMED3006
HMED3004
The New Genetics and Society
Introduction to Science Policy Studies
Policy Issues in the Life Sciences
Medicine and Disease in Society from Antiquity to
Renaissance
Man's Place in Nature: The Debate in Britain
Foundations of Management
Medicine and Modern Society
Madness and Society
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CHOOSING YOUR YEAR 2 OPTIONS
GUIDANCE NOTES
Before choosing your Year 2 OPTIONS, you should look at the available Year 3
modules given on pages 13-16. These are listed according to the general Personality of
each course. Year 2 OPTIONS and additional modules should be chosen keeping the focus of
your Year 3 in mind, in order to ensure that you have the necessary Year 2 prerequisites for
your desired Year 3 courses. (Note that year 3 modules may fit into several Personality
groupings, which are meant to give an idea of what is available in these areas.) The complete
set of modules is also listed according to their Block time-table in Term 1 and/or 2.
The 4 OPTIONS that we generated for Year 2 Biomedical Science students are designed to
facilitate entry into Year 3 where you concentrate mainly on courses with the corresponding
Personality
In each Option, there are CORE modules that are mandatory. These will ensure that you
receive a thorough training in specific areas: they include courses with a Practical component.
In addition, each Option has a selection of Highly recommended or Recommended modules
that complement the CORE modules and that you can select to suit your interests.
YEAR 2 MODULES:

A total of 4.0 course units (cu) must be taken.

At least 3½ course units must be modules with the prefix ANAT, BIOL, BIOC,
IMMN, PHAR or PHOL (or STAT6101 or PSYC3002).

Students may wish to use the last ½ cu for a module outside the Life Science Faculty:
for example, a Modern Language, Computer Studies or History of Medicine.

If ANAT2099 is taken, all remaining courses must have the prefix ANAT, BIOL,
BIOC, IMMN, PHAR or PHOL (or STAT6101 or PSYC3002).
Students are expected to choose modules within the four Options and any departures
from these lists MUST be discussed with a degree tutor (as well as with your
personal/PHOL1001 tutor) before entering your modules on the choice form. This is
best done by emailing Matthew Duckett in the Teaching Office m.duckett@ucl.ac.uk
who will then alert the appropriate tutor to approve it or not. In addition, students are
strongly encouraged to discuss their choices within the four Options with an appropriate
tutor (eg Prof. Mudge) to ensure that the chosen Option is suitable for their long-term
plans.
Please note: Modules with a high Practical content have a maximum number of students:
Although we hope to accommodate all first choices, we may be forced to ask students to
accept other courses if there is a skewed distribution of students choosing different Options. If
this happens, then it will be the students with the lowest overall marks in their Year 1 modules
that will be asked to change their module choice.
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General notes on the available Year 2 modules:
CELLS and MOLECULES: The modules in the largest Personality group have an element
of Cell and Molecular Biology: this reflects the research interests of the Life Sciences Faculty
and it is also where much research funding is targeted. If this group of Year 3 modules
interests you, then you are strongly advised to take cell and molecular courses in Year 2.
However cell and molecular knowledge now underpins all biology: for example,
cardiovascular disorders are now understood in terms of lipid biochemistry and cardiac
myocyte dysfunction. For this reason, we recommend even those students whose interest is in
organ systems to take some cell and/or molecular modules.
DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS: Apart from the intrinsic interest in understanding
how we as humans develop, studying the molecular mechanisms that control how embryos
develop their characteristic body patterns and organs has important implications for medicine.
Many of the cell signalling pathways that determine cell differentiation and pattern formation
in embryos are used also in the adult animal: when such signalling pathways go wrong, they
can lead to diseases such as diabetes or cancer. Thus, developmental biology is sometimes at
the heart of basic science investigations into disease, and some of these areas are covered in
developmental courses in year 3. At the heart of developmental processes are genetic
programmes and decisions made at the cellular level.
DRUGS: The study of drug action is the discipline of Pharmacology, and UCL is strong in
research in this area, particularly in Neuropharmacology. This strength is reflected in the large
number of Year 3 courses in this area. Students who remain within the Biomedical Sciences
Degree have the ability to choose Option 3 that gives them a slightly less deep, but more
wide-ranging, knowledge of Pharmacology and related areas.
CONTROL SYSTEMS, NEUROSCIENCE and PHYSIOLOGY: Physiology had its
origin in studies of how organs work. Nowadays, the basics of how the heart works as a
pump, or the arm works as a lever, are well understood, and current research activity is
concentrated mainly at the cellular level. Biomedical Science students who are intending to
apply for Graduate entry to Medicine often feel that they should take Physiology and
Anatomy courses in their BSc. Such students should be aware, however, that all four Options
are equally attractive to Medical School interviewers, particularly since the basis of disease is
now understood more and more at a biochemical and cellular level. Moreover, BSc courses
will not lead to exemptions in taking Medical School courses as they are structured
differently, although they should help greatly in dealing with the Medical School curriculum.
Neuroscience is fundamental to understanding cognition and how the brain works, and UCL
has a strong history in this area of research. In addition, much of UCL Physiology research is
linked to the nervous system, and a background in both Neuroscience and Physiology is
required for many of the Physiology research projects and courses in Year 3.
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THE 4 OPTIONS
Option 1: Focus on Organs and Systems
CORE:
PHOL2002
1 cu
T1+2
Blocks B+H
ANAT2050
1 cu
STAT6101
½ cu
T1 D & H
T2 B & H
T1
Block E
Animal and Human Physiology
Human Anatomy and Embryology
Introduction to Statistical Methods and
Computing
PHOL2002 and ANAT2050 can be taken together even though they appear to share the same blocks
The course organizers will also ensure that practicals and tutorials for each course do not clash.
Highly recommended:
BIOL2010
½ cu
Block E &
Biology of Development
½ cu
T2
G
T1
BIOC2003
OR
BIOL2004
Block A
Further Topics in Biochemistry
½ cu
T1
Blocks A+G
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
PHAR2005
OR
BIOL2006
½ cu
T1+2
Block D
Introductory Pharmacology
½ cu
T1
Block D
Introduction to Human Genetics
ANAT2099
½ cu
T1+2
Block F
Ethics of Biomedical Research
(name and content change from previous years)
Recommended:
PHOL2005
½ cu
T1
Blocks C+ I
Structure and Function of Nervous Systems
PHOL2006
½ cu
T2
Blocks E+ I
Cellular Neurophysiology
IMMN2001
½ cu
PSYC6002
½ cu
T2
Block E &
reading week
T2
Block G+I
Immunology
Introduction to Psychology for Biologists
When choosing these, note that modules in the same Block (and Term) cannot be taken together. So,
for example, you cannot do both PHOL2006 and IMMN2001.
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Option 2:
Focus on Control Systems
CORE:
PHOL2002
1 cu
One from
BIOC2003
T1+2
Blocks B+H
Animal and Human Physiology
½ cu T1
Block A
Further Topics in Biochemistry
BIOL2004
½ cu T1
Blocks A+G
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
Two or more
from
PHOL2005*
½ cu T1
Blocks C+I
Structure and Function of Nervous Systems
½ cu T2
Blocks E+I
Cellular Neurophysiology
½ cu T1+2
Block D+F
Introductory Pharmacology
PHOL 2006
PHAR2005**
½ cu T2
Block E &
reading week
Immunology
IMMN2001
STAT6101
½ cu T1
Introduction to Statistical Methods and
Computing
Block E
When choosing the above, note that modules in the same Block (and Term) cannot be taken together.
So, for example, you cannot do both PHOL2006 and IMMN2001.
Recommended:
IMMN2002*
½ cu
T1
Block C
Medical Microbiology
PSYC6002
½ cu
T2
Blocks G+I
Introduction to Psychology for Biologists
ANAT2008**
½ cu
T2
Blocks C+F
Developmental Neurobiology
OR
BIOL2010
½ cu
T2
Blocks E+G
Biology of Development
(Shared blocks: can be taken with PHOL2006 or
IMMN2001, but not with both)
ANAT2099
½ cu
T1+2
Block F
Ethics of Biomedical Research
(name and content change from previous years)
*Due to timetable changes PHOL2005 and IMMN2002 cannot now be taken together.
** The course organizers of PHAR2005 and ANAT2008 will ensure that the two courses can be taken
together even though they share the same Blocks.
Your choices within Option 2 will determine what courses are available to you in Year 3. For
example, if you want access to Neurophysiology courses and Research Projects offered in Year 3, then
you should take PHOL2005 "Structure and function of nervous systems" and PHOL2006 “Cellular
Neurophysiology”. Choice of Immunology and/or Pharmacology is encouraged as an alternate to the
emphasis on the nervous system, and mixing these courses is also allowable. Note, however, that the
Division of Infection and Immunity (which is part of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, not the
Faculty of Life Sciences) does not offer Year 3 Research Projects to Biomed Sci students unless
students switch to the Immunology BSc in Year 3. Nevertheless, some projects related to Immunology
are offered by the Research Institutes.
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Option 3
Focus on Drugs
CORE:
PHAR2005
½
cu
T1+2
Block
D&F
Introductory
Pharmacol.
OR
½
cu
T1+2
Block
G
Practical
Pharmacol.
OR
General
Biochemistry
OR
PHAR2002
1
cu
T1 + 2
Block
D&F
General and
Systematic
Pharmacol.
PHAR2003
1
cu
T1+2
Block
G
Experimental
Pharmacol.
BIOC2003
½
cu
T1
Block
A
Further
Topics in
Biochemistry
Plus
PHAR2006
Plus
BIOC2002
1
cu
T1+2
Block
A
Plus
STAT6101 ½
cu
T2
Block B
Introduction to Statistical Methods and
Computing
PHAR2002 (1.0 cu) is mainly geared to Pharmacologists. However, a very good training in
Pharmacology can be obtained by taking PHAR2005 (0.5 cu). Although this has an ‘Introductory’
title, it is taught to the same level as PHAR2002, but it is a shorter version that omits pharmacokinetics
and chemotherapy.
The practical Pharmacology courses PHAR2003 and PHAR2006 are initially identical; after
PHAR2006 finishes, PHAR2003 continues with students doing a small experimental project.
Highly recommended:
ANAT2099
½ cu
T1+2
Block F
Ethics of Biomedical Research
(name, and content change from previous
years)
PHOL2007
½ cu
T2
Block C
Principles of Cellular Control
PHOL2001
½ cu
T1
Blocks B+H
Animal and Human Physiology-Maintenance
and Regulatory Mechanisms
Blocks C+I*
Structure and Function of Nervous Systems
Recommended:
PHOL2005
½ cu
T1
IMMN2001
½ cu
IMMN2002
½ cu
T2
Block E &
reading week
T1
Block C*
Immunology
Medical Microbiology
*Due to timetable changes PHOL2005 and IMMN2002 cannot now be taken together.
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Option 4
Focus on Cells and Molecules
CORE:
One of:
BIOC2001
1 cu
T1
Blocks A+G+F
Molecular Biology
BIOL2004
½ cu
T1
Blocks A+G
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
BIOL2014
½ cu
T2
Block D
Cell Biology
PHOL2007
½ cu
STAT6101
½ cu
T2
Block C &
reading week
T1
Block E OR
T2
Block B
Principles of Cellular Control
Introduction to Statistical Methods
and Computing
Note: if you wish to do research in molecular biology, you should take the 1.0 cu.
Highly recommended:
BIOL2010*
BIOL2005
½ cu
T2
½ cu
T2
Blocks E + G
Biology of development
Blocks E+H
Biology of Development
Genetic Systems
T2
Block B
IMMN2001*
½ cu
T2
ANAT2099
½ cu
Immunology
Block E &
reading week
T1+2
Block F
Ethics of Biomedical Research
(name and content change from previous
years)
* The course organizers of BIOL2010 and IMMN2001 will ensure that the two courses can be taken
together even though they appear to share the same timetable slots.
Recommended:
BIOL2006
½ cu
T1
Block D
Introduction to Human Genetics
IMMN2002**
½ cu
T1
Block C
Medical Microbiology
PHOL2005**
½ cu
T1
Blocks C+I
Structure and Function of Nervous
Systems
**
Due to timetable changes PHOL2005 and IMMN2002 cannot now be taken together.
NOTE: If you wish to transfer to the Immunology BSc in Year 3, you must take IMMN2001 and
IMMN2002 in addition to the CORE. (See list for specialized Degrees)
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YEAR 3 MODULES for 2009-2010 by PERSONALITY GROUPS
The modules offered may be slightly different in 2010-2011.
ORGANS and SYSTEMS
Code
Value
Term (T) & Blocks
Title
ANAT3031
½ cu
T2
Block A
Control of Movement
T2
ANAT3042
½ cu
Block D
part 2
BIOC3012
½ cu
BIOL3010
T2
Block C
T2
Block E
part 2
Block E
part 1
½ cu
T2
BIOL3012
½ cu
T1
PRE-REQUISITES
Pain
Nutrition, Metabolism
and Endocrinology in
Health and Disease
Molecular Evolution
Sex, Genes And
Evolution
BIOL1005 and
BIOL1002 or
equivalents
Block E
part 2
Biology of Ageing
A grounding in genetics
and biochemistry are
recommended
PHAR2002
BIOL3017
½ cu
PHAR3006
½ cu
T1
Blocks B & I
Drug Design and
Development
PHOL3001
½ cu
T2
Block A
Respiration
PHOL3002
1.0cu
T1
Blocks A & H
The Heart
PHOL3003
1.0cu
T2
Blocks B & H
PHOL3009
1.0cu
T1
Blocks C & G
PHOL3016
1.0 cu
T2
Blocks C & F
Fetal And Neonatal
Physiology
Space Medicine and
Extreme Environment
Physiology
Epithelial Function in
Health and Disease
(new course)
DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS
Code
Value
Term (T) & Blocks
ANAT3003
½ cu
T1
ANAT3030
1.0 cu
BIOL3012
½ cu
BIOL3013
½ cu
Block B
T1 & 2 Blocks G & I
T2
Block E
part 1
T1
Blocks C
part 2 & G part 2
13
Title
Mechanisms of
Development
Cellular and Developmental
Neurobiology
Sex, Genes And Evolution
Disease to Gene to
Therapy
PRE-REQUISITES
ANAT2008 or BIOL2010
PHOL2005, or
BIOL2010, or
ANAT2008, or
ANAT2009.
None
BIOL2006
DRUGS
Code
Value
Title
½ cu
Term (T) & Blocks
T2
Block D
part 2
ANAT3042
½ cu
To be confirmed
Clinical Microbiology
T1
PRE-REQUISITES
Pain
Blocks A, D
&H
Neuropharmacology
T1
Blocks A & D
Neuropharmacology
½ cu
T1
Blocks C & F
Molecular Pharmacology
PHAR3004
½ cu
T1
Blocks B & I
Receptor Mechanisms
PHAR3005
1.0 cu
T2
Blocks B & I
Immuno-pharmacology
PHAR3003
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR3006
½ cu
T1
Blocks B & I
Drug Design and
Development
PHAR2002
PHAR3008
½ cu
T2
Blocks C & G
Psychopharmacology
Blocks A & H
Synaptic Pharm:The Synapse,
major site of disease & drug
action
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005 or
PHAR3001 or
PHAR3008
PHAR3001
1.0 cu
PHAR3002
½ cu
PHAR3003
PHAR3011
½ cu
T2
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
NEUROSCIENCE
Code
Value
Term (T) & Blocks
Title
PRE-REQUISITES
ANAT3018
½ cu
T1
Neural Basis Of Learning And
Motivation
ANAT2010
ANAT3028
½ cu
ANAT3029
1 cu
ANAT3031
½ cu
T2
T2
T2
ANAT3042
½ cu
Block D
The Neurobiology of
Neurodegenerative Disease
The Neurobiology of
Neurodegenerative Disease
(extended)
Block E
Block A
part 2
Block D
part 2
ANAT2010
ANAT2010
Control of Movement
Pain
ANAT3045
½ cu
T2
Block G part 2
& Block I part 2
BIOC3016
½ cu
T1
Block B
Genes to Disease
PHAR3001
1.0cu
T1
Blocks A, D& H
Neuropharmacology
14
Eye and Brain
ANAT2009 and
PHOL2006 or
PHOL2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR3002
½ cu
T1
Blocks A & D
Neuropharmacology
PHAR3008
½ cu
T2
Blocks C & G
Psychopharmacology
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
Synaptic Pharm:The Synapse,
major site of disease & drug
action
Cellular Basis of Brain
Function
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005 or
PHAR3001 or
PHAR3008
PHOL2005 or
equivalent
PHAR3011
½ cu
T2
Blocks A & H
PHOL3006
1.0cu
T1
Blocks A & H
PHOL3008
½ cu
T2
Block C
Biological Bases Of Hearing
PSYC3207
½ cu
T1
Block B
Human Learning and Memory
PSYC3209
½ cu
T2
Block H
Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC3307
½ cu
T1
Block F
Genes and behaviour
Normally PSYC1201
Memory and Decision
None
CELLS AND MOLECULES
Code
Value
Term (T) & Blocks
ANAT3050
½ cu
T1 Block E
+ part reading week
ANAT3003
½ cu
T1
ANAT3030
1.0 cu
T1 & 2
ANAT3045
½ cu
T2
Block G part 2
& Block I part 2
Eye and Brain
ANAT2008 or
BIOL2010
PHOL2005, or
BIOL2010, or
ANAT2008, or
ANAT2009
Students should
consult the course
organiser if they are
concerned about their
knowledge of
molecular biology or
the nervous
systemCellular and
Developmental
Neurobiology
ANAT2010 and
PHOL2006 or
PHOL2005
BIOC3011
1.0cu
T2
Blocks C & F
Biochemistry Of Health And
Disease
BIOC2003
Block C
Block B
Nutrition, Metabolism and
Endocrinology in Health and
Disease
Genes to Disease
BIOC3012
BIOC3016
BIOL3010
½ cu
½ cu
T2
T1
Block B
Blocks G & I
½ cu
T2
Block E part 2
½ cu
T2
Blocks C part 1,
15
Title
Advanced Molecular Cell
Biology
(new course, replaces
ANAT3001 and BIOL3006)
Mechanisms of
Development
Cellular and Developmental
Neurobiology
PRE-REQUISITES
Molecular Evolution
BIOL1005 and
BIOL1002 or
equivalents
Advanced Human Genetics
BIOL3013
BIOL3011
& H part 1 & I part 1
BIOL3012
½ cu
BIOL3013
½ cu
T2
Block E part 1
T1
Block C part 2
& G part 2
IMMN3008
½ cu
T1
INFN3002
½ cu
PHAR3001
1.0cu
T1
Blocks A, D & H
PHAR3003
½ cu
T1
Blocks C & F
Molecular Pharmacology
PHAR3004
½ cu
T1
Blocks B & I
Receptor Mechanisms
PHAR3005
1.0cu
T2
Blocks B & I
PHAR3006
½ cu
T1
Blocks B & I
Immuno-pharmacology
Drug Design and
Development
PHAR3008
½ cu
T2
Blocks C & G
Psychopharmacology
Synaptic Pharm:The
Synapse, major site of
disease & drug action
Cell Signalling in Health and
Disease
Blocks C & G
Sex, Genes And Evolution
None
Disease to Gene to Therapy
BIOL2006
IMMN2001 or
ANAT3001 (or its
equivalent at the
discretion of the
course tutor)
Immunology In Health And
Disease
Clinical Microbiology
PHAR3011
½ cu
T2
Blocks A & H
PHOL3004
1.0cu
T1
Blocks C & G
PHOL3008
½ cu
T2
Block C
PHOL3016
1 cu
T2
Block C & F
VIRL3001
½ cu
T1
Block C
Neuropharmacology
PHAR3003
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002
PHAR2001 or
PHAR2002
PHAR2002 or
PHAR3001 or
PHAR3008
None
Biological Bases Of Hearing
Epithelial Function in Health
and Disease (new course)
Molecular Virology
16
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
PHAR2002 or
PHARM2005
BIOL1003, BIOC2001
or BIOL2004