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Key facts

  • Course length: 3 terms
  • Tuition fee
  • Entry points:
    September or January  
  • Term dates:
    September 2010 start:
    1 - 27/9/10 to 10/12/10
    2 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    3 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    January 2011 start:
    1 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    2 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    3 - 20/6/11 to 19/8/11
  • Entry requirements
  • Course structure: 5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take three modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.

Assessment

  • End of module/term:
    a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and written projects
  • Continuous:
    a mixture of lecture classes, practical laboratory work and directed self-study assessment

Leading to degrees in

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environment, Ecology and Conservation
  • Human Sciences
  • Medical Neuroscience
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Full list of degree options

Life Sciences & Psychology Foundation

Core modules

Foundation English Skills 1

Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively and participate in classroom debate.

Foundation English Skills 2

Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.

Study Skills in the British Environment

Learn to use your study time more effectively, improve your use of, and range of, information sources and prepare comprehensive essays in your own time to given deadlines.

Project Study

Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you plan to study at degree level.

Pure Mathematics 1

Understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.

Route modules (for all students on the Life Sciences & Psychology Foundation)

Cell Biology

Learn about biological molecules, cellular structure, cell division, movement through cell membranes, enzymes and metabolic pathways.

Physiology

Learn about the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, osmo-regulation, control and coordination and reproduction.

Specific Route modules depending on chosen pathway

Life Sciences Route modules: Psychology Route modules:
Chemistry 1
Learn formulae, equations and moles, atomic structure, introduction to redox systems, thermodynamics and bonding. 		Psychology 1
An introduction to principles psychology providing an overview of key themes and academic development.
Chemistry 2
Learn about equilibria, acidbase equilibria, kinetics and organic chemistry.		 Psychology 2
Students will build on their understanding of Psychology 2 and apply their understanding with other science related modules.
Further Studies in Biology and Chemistry
Develop your understanding in genetics, ecology and plant biology plus inorganic chemistry, oxidation/reduction reactions and transition element chemistry.		 Plus one module from the following:

Sociology 3
Study deviance and society, including crime and the effects of deviance on society.

or

Pure Maths 2
Learn to understand trigonometry, integration, polar coordinates, vectors, complex numbers, and series expansion.