BSc (Hons) Pharmacology (With Foundation Year)

Our foundation year modules will bring you up to speed with the needed academic skills and give you a firm grounding in the subject. After which you can stay on your chosen BSc or change to one of our other eligible BSc degrees. You’ll be in the expert company – we’re now celebrating the landmark 50th anniversary of our pharmacology teaching and research at UEL. The newly revamped BSc course will equip you for a rewarding future in what our prize-winning, internationally recognized lecturers believe is the most fascinating and challenging of the biosciences. We’ll give you a thorough introduction to every area of pharmacology through our diverse and flexible approach. You’ll also leave with a thorough understanding of areas such as molecular biology, physiology, microbiology, genetics, and toxicology. You’ll be in the lab learning pharmacological techniques that will back up your lectures and demonstrate how medicines work.

Foundation Year(If Required)

• Essential Skills for Higher Education (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Essential Maths & ICT (Core)
• Career & Professional Skills (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Human Biology (Core)
• Introduction to the Study of Cells (Core)
• Chemistry of Life (Core)

Year 1

• Professional Practice in Science (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Essential Chemistry (Core)
• Cell Biology (Core)
• Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Core)
• Fundamentals in Human Anatomy and Physiology (Core)
• Fundamentals in Microbiology (Core)
• Level 4 Short Work Placement (Optional)

Year 2

• Infection and Immunity (Core)
• Physiological Regulation (Core)
• Fundamental & Experimental Pharmacology (Core)
• Drug, Discovery, Development, and Regulation (Core)
• Cellular Biochemistry (Core)
• Research and Career Development (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Year-Long Placement (Sandwich Year) (Optional)
• Level 5 Short Work Placement (Optional)

This course offers the opportunity for year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Neuropsychopharmacology & Emerging Therapeutics (Core)
• Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Pharmacology (Core)
• Immunopharmacology & Chemotherapeutics (Core)
• Research Project and Career Enhancement Portfolio (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Toxicology (Core)
• New Frontiers in Pharmacology (Core)
• Level 6 Short Work Placement (Optional)

Employability

Our course is geared towards thinking about your future, especially with its work placements and other opportunities for work experience. Our annual career conferences have been a source of inspiration, encouragement, and valuable information and advice for pharmacology students. These events include talks by alumni pharmacology students, employers, and recruitment agencies. Your degree will leave you well placed to take up a research post, maybe at a university or in a research institute, to enter the exciting field of drug discovery. You’ll also be able to apply for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine as a graduate.