Pharmacology (with Foundation Year)

Course Content

The degree is delivered using teaching methods that include lectures, seminars, tutorials, laboratory sessions, individual project; and involve work-based placement opportunities in a range of local settings. These include, for example, companies involved in the manufacture of medicines, as well as an NHS clinical research facility. Throughout these placements, students will receive mentorship from trained supervisors.

Assessment methods ensure balance and variety in methods, including unseen examination, essays, practical report, practical test, poster presentation, paper review, multiple-choice questions, reflection & critical thinking, tutorial exercise and dissertation.

What will you study on this course?

This Pharmacology degree covers the principles of pharmacology, cancer and cardiovascular pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacoeconomics, and many other topic areas. The degree ensures clinical relevance, by placing importance on medical applications, personalised medicine and drug safety. Students will study how drugs are discovered, trialled in humans, and assessed by organisations such as regulatory authorities and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Medical Sciences facilities

• We have a suite of recently refurbished laboratories in the Brambell Building. Most of our lab work takes place in labs A1, B1 and C4, which have state-of-the-art audio-visual systems so you can follow in detail what is being demonstrated. We also have a Cat 2 specialist laboratory, used for work with medium-risk biological agents and hazards, and genetically modified organisms.
• You’ll use a range of equipment while working in these labs, including: scales, centrifuges, spectrometers and specialist equipment.
• Final year research project students may have access to expertise and facilities in the well-equipped North West Cancer Research Institute. Apart from essential laboratory equipment (centrifuges, incubators, etc.), state-of-the-art equipment includes confocal microscopes, a flow cytometer, a high-throughput screening robot, access to mass spectrometry and high throughput DNA sequencing facilities etc.