BSc Pharmacology (with a year in industry)
Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Essential subjects: Biology or Chemistry, plus equivalent of GCSE Mathematics) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Essential subjects: Biology or Chemistry at Higher Level plus Standard Level Chemistry at 4, Biology at 4, and Mathematics at 5 Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBCC (Essential subjects: Higher Biology or Human Biology or Chemistry plus National 5 Chemistry at C, Biology at C, and Mathematics at C).
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology, studying how drugs affect body functions in health and disease. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, and Research Methods. The course offers an optional industrial placement year between levels 3 and 4. Final-year students undertake an independent capstone research project, writing a dissertation of up to 6,000 words and presenting at an Honours symposium.
Modules
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 1A
- The Building Blocks of Life
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 1B
- Building the Organism
- Numeracy, Chemistry and Physics for the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Science and Society
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
- Statistics and Experimental Design
- Cellular Communication
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 2A
- Human Physiology and Pharmacology
- Biomolecular Mechanisms
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 2B
- Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences
- Introductory Programming for Life Sciences
- Introductory Anatomy
- Life Sciences Placement
- Research Skills 3A
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory Systems and Renal Systems
- Neurophysiology, Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Systems
- Pharmacology
- Neuropharmacology
- Cancer Biology and Research
- Immunology
- Capstone Project: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Translational Neuroscience
- Advanced Immunology
- Advanced Modern Drug Discovery
- Metabolic Disease: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
- Advanced Cancer Biology and Therapeutics