- UCAS course code
- B217
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Pharmacology with Entrepreneurship
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Duration: 4 Years Full Time
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: B217 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA-AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB-ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36-35 points overall with 6, 6, 6 to 6, 6, 5 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Course unit details:
Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
| Unit code | BIOL21351 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
You will learn about the basic cellular mechanisms underlying common human diseases and understand how drugs act on cellular and tissue dysfunctions to treat these diseases. You will study topics including autoimmune disease, cancer and arthritis.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Molecules to Cells | BIOL10232 | Pre-Requisite | Recommended |
| Drugs: From Molecules to Man | BIOL10822 | Pre-Requisite | Recommended |
Aims
To introduce cellular and molecular mechanisms of human disease.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire knowledge of the basic cellular mechanisms underlying common human diseases and will understand how drugs act on cellular and tissue dysfunctions to ameliorate these diseases.
Syllabus
The course examines the cellular and molecular causes of a wide variety of human diseases such as fibrosis, inflammation and cancer. It aims to show how understanding a disease at the molecular level explains its pathology and allows the design of therapeutic strategies. Specific topics will include:
• Cell death mechanisms and disease
• Cell adhesion and its pathological defects of connective tissues
• Genetics of complex disease
• Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs
• Molecular pathology of cancer
• Cancer chemotherapy
eLearning Activity
Each set of lectures will be followed by an online quiz to provide formative feedback on your understanding of the material.
Teaching and learning methods
Each set of lectures will be followed by an online quiz to provide formative feedback on your understanding of the material.
Employability skills
- Research
- Students have to carry out additional reading for each lecture.
- Other
- Meeting multiple deadlines. Students have a number of on line activities to completes, with fixed deadlines. Students have to manage these deadlines.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written exam | 50% |
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 50% |
Coursework essay 50%
SAQ (Short Answer Question) exam 50%
Feedback methods
The eLearning activities will provide on line feedback. Advice on the example exam questions on the eLearning resource will be provided if requested. Feedback will be given on the MCQ assessment before the end of the course. Post-exam guidance will be provided.
Recommended reading
The following general texts will provide useful background include. However, no one textbook will cover all the material presented in the lectures, due to the diverse nature of the course. Each lecturer will therefore provide specific reference articles for their lecture material.
Recommended Reading
1. Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K & Walter P, Molecular Biology of the Cell (7th edition), Garland Science, 2015, Recommended
2. Rang HP, Ritter JM & Flower, R, and Henderson Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology (8th Edition), Elsevier, Recommended
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Assessment written exam | 1.5 |
| Lectures | 22 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 76.5 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Andrew Gilmore | Unit coordinator |