📖Program Curriculum
The module details given below are indicative they are intended to provide you with an idea of the range of subjects that are taught to our current students. The modules that will be available for you to study in future years are prone to change as we regularly review our teaching to ensure that it is up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. The information presented is therefore not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules available in any given year.
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Year one modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Forensic Chemistry and Analysis
Forensic Identification and Investigation
Physiology and Anatomy
Fundamentals of Biology
Core Practical Skills
Year two modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Forensic Genetics
Spectroscopy and Advanced Analysis
Criminalistic Methods
Drugs of Abuse
Practical Skills in Bioscience
Research Methods in Human Biology
OPTIONAL MODULES
Human Genetics
Microbes Viruses and Parasites
Current Topics in Biology
Environmental Biology
Nutrition and Energy Balance
Learning & Memory
Health and the Environment
Year three modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Evaluation of evidence explosives and arson
Forensic Science Team Research Project - ISP
Forensic Toxicology
OPTIONAL MODULES
Advanced Topics in Forensic Analysis
Forensic Geoscience
Applied Life Sciences Placement - ISP
Advances in Medicine
Human Parasitology
Behavioural Neuroscience
Tropical Biology Field Course
Biology of Disease - ISP
Double Applied Life Sciences Placement - ISP
Life Sciences Single Experimental Project (with research skills assessment) - ISP
Life Sciences Dissertation
Human Evolution
Regeneration and Repair in the Nervous System
Cancer Biology