Undergraduate Foundation Programme in Life Sciences

This module covers:

• health and safety in the lab
• computing for science
• experimental procedure tutorial
• statistics and data handling workshop
• literature review tutorial
• laboratory

This module covers:

• an introduction to the terminology and technical language of chemistry
• basic principles of organic chemistry
• solving chemical problems
• manipulating and using the ideal gas equation to solve gas-law problems
• the “rules” of chemistry including kinetics, thermodynamics and Hess' law
• quantitative calculations involving masses, moles, volumes, stoichiometry, balancing equations and pH calculations

This module covers:

• chemistry in the laboratory
• the principles of chemical equilibrium and the Second Law of thermodynamics
• analytical techniques used to identify molecules and quantify samples
• solving complex chemical problems

This module covers:

• descriptive statistics
• probability and probability distributions
• significance testing within an SPC context of control charts
• building regression models
• designing and analysing experiments

This module covers:

• the patterns and processes of evolution
• the evolution of diversity
• flowering plants: form and function

This module covers:

• learning theory
• personality
• biological psychology
• psychological research methods: experimental methods (laboratory, field and natural experiments)
• non-experimental methods (interviews, observations and correlations)
• advantages and disadvantages of these methods

This module covers:

• how the world works
• data analysis
• causes & consequences of biodiversity
• scientific writing
• the global waste problem
• sustainable food production
• bioethics
• ecosystem services
• estimating population size
• ecological footprints

This module covers:

• the beginnings of life and the cell as a functional unit
• diversity of cells
• prokaryotes v eukaryotes
• gene expression
• cytoskeletons
• the cell as a factory
• macromolecules in cells
• brain and nervous system

This module covers:

• introduction to sociology
• theories of crime and deviance
• the organisation of social life
• crime and deviance in contemporary society
• crime control, prevention and punishment
• crime, deviance and ethnicity
• crime, deviance and gender
• criminal justice and the victims of crime
• social policy

This module covers:

• social psychology
• cognitive psychology
• developmental psychology
• general research methods (with application to psychology)