Neuroscience (BSc)
What is Neuroscience?
Have you ever wondered… about anything?
If you have ‘wondered’ then this is just another demonstration of the amazing ‘wonder’ that is your brain, the most complex thing on the planet. The brain controls everything we do or think and makes us what we are. As such Neuroscience, the study of the brain and the nervous system, is one of the most exciting areas of scientific research, mainly because there are still so many unanswered questions as to how the brain works.
The study of Neuroscience involves virtually all biomedical disciplines, ranging from molecular biology through to experimental psychology, as well as anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. Many Neuroscientists decide therefore to specialise in a particular discipline, and are referred to accordingly i.e. neuroanatomist, neurophysiologist, neurochemist and so on.
Major advances in understanding how the brain is affected by diseases like stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia are being made every day, often through the use of modern research techniques such as brain scanning. These new techniques are just one of many subjects covered on the Neuroscience course here at The University of Manchester. Teaching on the Neuroscience degree is provided by a large cohort of Neuroscientists, all based within the Faculty of Life Sciences and with diverse research interests.
There is also the exciting opportunity to undertake a field course in Animal Behaviour in Africa in the first year of your degree.
Field courses
Undergraduate student experiencing brain scanning.