UCAS Y000
Arts and Sciences BASc 3 years
The three-year programme of core courses, major and minor pathway and internship.
UCAS Y001
Arts and Sciences with Study Abroad BASc 4 years
The three-year programme plus an additional year abroad.
Health and Environment

How our bodies work and the effect of the world on us
In each year, an Arts and Sciences students chooses 3 modules in their major and 1 in their minor. In year 1 students have a free choice of three modules in their major from the list offered, though some modules in year 1 may have certain A level requirements. Students have a free choice of one module in their minor, subject to timetabling constraints and A level requirements. Students choose major and minor modules in the first week of the course as part of the induction process.
Year 1
The 12 modules listed below are designated as best
encapsulating the conception of the Health and Environment Pathway and are chosen to
allow progression to the most number of higher level courses. Whilst
every effort has been made to timetable these modules so that there are
no clashes between any of them, we cannot guarantee that every
combination is 100% clash-free.
Please note: module availability and content may be subject to change.
| code | title | units | prerequisite |
taught |
| ANAT1003 | Introduction to Anatomy and Developmental Biology | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| ANTH1014A | Biological Anthropology | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| ANTH1014B | Biological Anthropology | 0.5 |
Term 2 |
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| BIOC1008 | General Biochemistry | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| BIOL1005 | Introduction to Genetics | 0.5 | ||
| BIOL1006 | Life on Earth | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| GEOG1004 | Human Ecology | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| GEOL1003 | History of Life | 0.5 |
Term 2 |
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GEOL1012 |
Surface Processes |
0.5 |
Term 2 |
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| GEOL2008 | Vertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution |
0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| HPSC1004 | Introduction to Science Policy Studies | 0.5 |
Term 2 |
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| PHAR1001 | An Introduction to the Mechanisms of Drug Action | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| PSYC6002 |
Introduction to Psychology |
0.5 | ||
| STAT6101 |
Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing |
0.5 |
Term 1 or Term 2 |
Years 2 and 3
Arts and Sciences is designed to offer you the maximum choice of modules at UCL and to encourage interdisciplinarity. To achieve this, in years 2 and 3 you will be offered a free choice of modules available at UCL across the entire university, so long as the choice is consistent with the Pathway objectives, and subject to the following important constraints:
- The student meets the prerequisites for a module. E.g. you could not do year 2 modules in Pharmacology without PHAR1001. Please note that although we aim to prepare you for a very wide range of choices in each department, there may be some modules at 2nd and 3rd year level which are not available due to prerequisites.
- The modules chosen fit in with the other modules on the student's timetable.
- The Programme Director (in consultation with the Pathway Representatives) approves the choice of modules. This is to ensure that the student works towards a coherent selection of modules which complement each other and which allow for the best academic progression of the student.
Year 3
| code | title | units | prerequisite |
taught |
| ANAT3028 | Neurogenerative Disease | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| ANAT3038 | Advanced Anatomy | 0.5 | ANAT2050 or MBBS Yrs 1 and 2 |
Term 2 |
| ANTH3*** | A range of Anthropology options are available subject to approval by the Dept. | |||
| ANTH7*** | A range of Anthropology options are available subject to approval by the Dept. | |||
| BIOC3007 | The Molecular Basis of Cell Regulation | 0.5 |
BIOC1007 or BIOC2005 |
Term 1 |
| BIOC3008 |
Cell Regulation in Biotechnology, Health and Disease |
0.5 | BIOC1007 or BIOC2005 | |
| BIOC3016 | Genes to Disease | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| BIOC3024 | Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Regulation | 0.5 |
BIOC2001 |
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| BIOL3002 | Plants, Environment and Climate Change | 0.5 | ||
| BIOL3008 | Species Conservation and Biodiversity | 0.5 |
BIOL1005 and BIOL2012 are recommended |
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| BIOL3010 | Molecular Evolution | 0.5 | BIOL1005 and BIOL1002 or equivalents | |
| BIOL3011 | Biochemistry of Health and Disease | 0.5 | BIOL3013 | |
| BIOL3012 |
Sex, Genes and Evolution |
0.5 | ||
| BIOL3013 | Advanced Human Genetics | 0.5 | BIOL2006 | |
| BIOL3017 | Biology of Aging | 0.5 | ||
| BIOL3018 | Vertebrate Life and Evolution | 0.5 |
BIOL2009 is recommended but not required |
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GEOL3011 |
Geosciences Report |
0.5 |
Term 1 or Term 2 |
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GEOL3036 |
Biodiversity & Macro Evolutionary Patterns |
1.0 |
GEOL1003. GEOL2008 is highly desirable |
Terms 1 & 2 |
| HPSC3028 | Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Medicine | 0.5 |
Term 2 |
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INIM3007 |
Viruses and Disease | 0.5 |
Term 2 |
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INIM3008 |
Microbial Pathogenesis | 0.5 | INFN2001 and INIM3003 |
Term 2 |
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INIM3003 |
Infectious Agents | 0.5 | INFN2001 |
Term 1 |
| INIMG012 | HIV Frontiers from research to clinic | 0.5 | ||
| LAWS3016 | Medicine, Ethics and the Law | 1.0 |
Terms 1 & 2 |
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| PSYC3109 | The Psychology of Health Risks | 0.5 |
Term 1 |
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| PSYC3307 | Genes and Behaviour | 0.5 |
Term 1 |

