Newcastle University

Modules for Medical Sciences, MSc

In addition to the programme description, the information below details the modules you can expect to study as part of this postgraduate degree. Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Compulsory modules

• MMS8199 Medical Sciences Dissertation
  
• MMS8104 Ageing & Health
  
• MMS8107 Cancer Studies
  
• MMS8101 Research Practice in the 21st Century

Optional modules

You will take a further 60 credits from the following:

• MMB8002 Current Research Trends in Musculoskeletal Disease
  
• MMB8005 Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics
  
• MMB8006 Drug Discovery and Development
  
• MMB8008 Cell Cycle Control and Cell Signalling in Health and Disease
  
• MMB8009 Clinical Epidemiology
  
• MMB8010 Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatric Illness
  
• MMB8011 Biology of Ageing
  
• MMB8014 Genetics of Common Disease
  
• MMB8015 Applied Immunobiology
  
• MMB8017 Nanomaterials in Healthcare Technologies
  
• MMB8019 Sensory Systems
  
• MMB8020 Scientific Basis of Neurological Disease
  
• MMB8022 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
  
• MMB8023 Systems Biology
  
• MMB8025 Transplantation Sciences
  
• MMB8029 Medical Genomics
  
• MMB8030 Genetic Medicine
  
• MMB8031 Developmental Genetics
  
• MMB8032 Toxicology
• MMB8034 Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine
• MMB8035 Diabetes

Further Information

Programme description, course duration, fees, entry requirements and how to apply can be found on the main programme page.