The Neuroscience degree has run for 30 years, and has a reputation for training graduates who are well qualified for research careers. Small classes allow easy and informal communication between faculty and students. This is strengthened by the emphasis on laboratory and project work. Teaching staff are engaged in varied research programmes, so students are introduced to the latest findings and ideas, and can choose from a broad range of subjects for their final year project. Lectures are complemented by tutorials, which are small discussion groups with five or six students and a tutor.
Tutorials are an informal venue for questions about lectures, and to discuss related issues.
Most courses have practical classes, and in Year 2 the course Techniques in Neuroscience is based entirely on laboratory work, while the final year Research Project normally takes the student into a laboratory for two terms. Progress is monitored by course essays and tutorials, which prepare students for the end of year examinations. What you will achieve The first two years of Neuroscience give a broad understanding of the subject, covering neurophysiology, animal behaviour, evolution and molecular biology as well as perceptual and cognitive psychology. In the final year students can specialise choosing from a wide range of options in neuroscience, biology and psychology. The degree will teach you to convey complex ideas verbally and in writing, and to understand scientific research and its literature, and to design and conduct experimental studies.