School of Life Sciences
BSc COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Final Year Options for 2012-2013
Name
(in CAPITAL letters)
Current
Year
Email address
Please note:
1.
Students will need to choose two options in Term 1 and four options in Term 2. You must have a
total of 90 credits for the two terms.
2.
Students need to take 30 credits from the Cognitive Science options, and 60 credits from the
Neuroscience options (but please see note on the following page regarding the Intelligence in
Animals and Machines course).
3.
Please do not choose an option if you do not fulfil the prerequisites.
CogNS Majors:
What you must do:
Take a total of 120 credits in the year
(made up of options (90 credits) plus a
project (30 credits))
What you can do:
Any option listed on the attached sheet as
available for BSc Cognitive Neuroscience
students
Please list the courses you wish to take:
Course Code
Course Name
Term
Number of credits
Aut
Aut
Spr
Spr
Spr
Spr
Life Sciences /Cognitive Science/Psychology Project
Aut
Total number of credits:
Please also list your choice of reserve options:
Course code
Course name
Autumn term reserve option 1
Autumn term reserve option 2
Spring term reserve option 1
Spring term reserve option 2
30
120
Student’s signature........................................…………………………… Date ...............................
Academic Adviser’s signature…………………………………………………… Date………………………
Please note; the School Office will not accept your form unless your Academic Adviser has signed it.
Deadline for submission of form FRIDAY 16th MARCH 2012.
CONTINUED OVERLEAF
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Cognitive Neuroscience Final Year Options Form
Please hand this form into the School Office (JMS 3B9) no later than FRIDAY 16th MARCH 2012. You
will be contacted if there are timetabling or other problems with your choice of options, please check your
email!
You should regard the submission of this form as a commitment on your part to take these options in your final
year. You are required to complete a new form if you wish to change option(s), and you will not be allowed
to change any option(s) after Week 2 of the term in which the option(s) run.
OFFICE USE ONLY:
This form complies with the requirements for BSc Cognitive Neuroscience: YES / NO Checked:
(Initials)
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LIST OF OPTIONS
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Cognitive Neuroscience Final Year Options Form
Options available to BSc Cognitive Neuroscience students:
Life Sciences options: 15 credits
Autumn Term
C1110 Animal Plant Interactions
C1118 Intelligence in Animals & Machines (see
note under ‘Cognitive Science courses’)
C1119 Modern Human Evolution
C1120 Neuronal Transduction & Transmission
C1139 Social Insects
Spring Term
C1114 Conflict & Cooperation in Social Groups
C1115 Development of the Nervous System
C1121 Neuronal Plasticity & Gene Regulation
C1130 Receptors and Senses
C7119 Endocrinology & Disease
C7129 Genome Stability, Genetic Diseases
and Cancer
C7131 Post Transcriptional Control of Gene
Expression
C7120 Genomics
Psychology Options:
15 Credits Options - You will only be able to choose one from each block in a term.
Autumn Term
Block A
C8504 Biological Bases of Mental Disorders
Block B
C8528 Psychobiology of Addiction
C8549 Psychology of the Family: Beyond
Attachment
C8822 The Social Psychology of Prejudice
Block C
C8517 Cognitive Neuroscience
C8821 Fear & Anxiety in Children
Block D
Spring Term
Block A
C8839 Psychology of Appetite
Block B
C8833 Psychobiology of Cognitive Aging &
Dementia
Block C
C8017 Dynamic Approach to Understanding
Child Development
Block D
C8829 Human Vocal Communication
C8835 Sensory & Motor Functions of the
Nervous System
C8018 Gestural Communication of Apes and Human
Infants
C8831 Neurobiological Mechanisms of Learning and
Memory
Please see overleaf for details of the Cognitive Science Courses you can take.
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Cognitive Neuroscience Final Year Options Form
Cognitive Science Courses for 2012/2013
Note: It is possible to take Intelligence in Animals and Machines (a BES option) as part of the 30
credits of cognitive courses you need so that you only need to take a further 15 credits from the
cognitive courses listed below. If you take Intelligence in Animals and Machines as part of the 60 credits
you need for your neuroscience major you will still need to choose 30 credits from the cognitive courses
listed below. The degree convener Corne Kros is happy to advise you if you need any help completing
your form.
Autumn Term
G5026 Human Computer Interaction (15 credits)
School of Informatics
C8806 Topics in the Philosophy of Cognitive
Science (15 credits) School of Informatics
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Spring Term
C8807 Current Issues in Cognitive Science (15
credits) School of Informatics
Cognitive Neuroscience Final Year Options Form